| Question |
Answer |
| The myeloid tissue in cancellous bone is semi-liquid and produces most RBCs, WBCs and Platlets is usually referred to as... |
bone marrow or red marrow. |
| The upper jawbone is called the |
maxilla. |
| The first seven bones of the vertebral column (forming the neck) are the: |
cervical. |
| The third set of 5 large vertebrae, which form the inward curve of the lower spine and are the spinal column's major weight bearers, are called: |
lumbar vertebrae |
| The wrist bones composed of 8 small bones in two rows are called the: |
carpus or carpals |
| The ankle bones are called the -------- bones. |
tarsal "flat surface" |
| The combining forms or terms that literally mean "rib" are: |
cost/o and pleuro |
| The combining word form that refers to the "spine, vertebral column, and/or vertebra" is: |
"rachi/o- and spondyl/o" |
| The term that means cartilage swelling or cartilage tumor is: |
chondroma |
| The diagnostic term that literally means inflamed joint is: |
arthritis. |
| The medical term Bursitis literally means: |
wine sac or sac inflamed |
| The term Ankylosis literally means: |
"crooked, stiff, bent/condition; bones pathologically fused together |
| The combining form of a term that means "hump or hunchback" is ------, and the medical condition of ________ is the back bending of the thoracic (chest vertebrae) spine. |
kypho, kyphosis |
| The diagnostic term Genu Varum (knees are in the varus position) means that |
knees are bent outward (bow-legged) |
| The combining form ________ means bone marrow or spinal cord. |
myelo "osteomyelitis or myelogram" |
| The combining forms that mean "movement or motion are" |
kinesio- and -praxia |
| The combining forms that mean "stone" are: |
petro- and litho- |
| The combining form scolio- means: |
crooked and curved - lateral or side curve (to bend) of vertebrae, along with rotation |
| An ankle sprain is often characterized by ___________: |
hematoma formation, with ligaments that are stretched, partially, of fully torn |
| The diagnostic term Ankylosing Spondylitis refers to the autoimmune condition of Rheumatoid Arthritis actually means: |
the abnormal condition of stiffness and fusion of vertebrae |
| The diagnostic terms Myasthenia and Neurasthenia mean: |
muscle weakness and nerve weakness |
| The diagnostic term that means pain in the tendon is: |
tenalgia or tenodynia |
| The diagnostic term that means abnormal bild up of calcium on the kneecap (patella) surface is: |
calcinosis |
| The diagnostic term Avulsion means: |
tearing lose of a body part like a bone chip or ligament |
| The diagnostic term for a disease that causes excessive amount of uric acid crystals in the blood to be deposited in joint (elbow or toe) is: |
gout |
| The diagnostic term herniated disc means: |
rupture or protruding inter/vetebral disk |
| The diagnostic term that means abnormal loss of bone density or increased bone porosity is: |
osteoporosis |
| the surgical terms Laminectomy and Rachiotomy actually mean: |
excision of posterior or vertebral arch and cutting the vertebral column |
| The surgical term Arthr/o/desis means: |
surgical fixation or binding of a joint |
| An instrument used to cut bone is called: |
osteo/tom/e |
| The surgical term for the repair of cartilage is called: |
chondr/o/plasty |
| The term Chiropractor literally means: |
one who practices by hand |
| The surgical term that means fusing together of the spine (vertebrae) is: |
spondylosyndesis |
| The surgical term Phalang/ectomy means: |
excision of a finger or toe bone - digit |
| The surgical term that means "incision into the skull to drain fluid" is: |
craniocentesis |
| The surgical term that actually means "surgically breaking join apart" is: |
arthroclasia. |
| CTS and TTS are abbreviation for ____________ Syndrome (sign and symptom complex) |
Carpal or Tarsal Tunnel |
| The term Dyschrondroplasia literally refers to: |
faulty cartilage formation |
| The term for X-ray film (recording) of a joint is: |
arthrogram |
| The procedural term that means visual examination inside a joint is: |
arthroscopy |
| The medical term "Gangliectoy" means: |
procedure of cutting out a knot |
| A physician who uses technigues and treaments common to Medical Doctors and Chiropractic Physicians is an: |
Osteopath |
| The modern medical term for a specialist who treats and diagnoses foot disease and disorders such as corns, bunions, claw foot, ingrown toenails, and paronychitis is a Chriopodist A more current name would be: |
podiatrist |
| The diagnostic term Spondylolisthesis literally and actually means: |
vertebrae/slippage/condition |
| The diagnostic term Ankylosing Spondylitis means: |
fusing/process vertebrae/inflamed |
| The diagnostic term Bunion (turnip sac) actually means |
inflamed bursa of the big toe's metatarsophalangeal joint |
| The healing specialty that emphasizes a system of therapy based on the manipulation of the vertebral column and other bones of the boy by hand is: |
Chiropractic |
| The medical term that means an article substitute or addition replacing a missing body part (teeth, feet, hearing aid, eye lens) is: |
prothesis |
| the diagnostic term Rheumatoid Arthritis means: |
auto-immune disease often with cartilaginous hyper/troph/y |
| The diagnostic term Osteoarthritis affects almost 30 million of the 50 mllion individuals with arthritis in the USA. The term also means: |
inflammation of a bone joint causing bone hypertrophy |
| The diagnostic term Rotary Cuff Avulsion actually means: |
tearing of shoulder joint's soft tissues, ligaments, and deep tendons (rotator cuff muscles) |
| The diagnostic term Bunion (turnip sac) actually means: |
inflamed bursa of the big toe's metatarsophalangeal joint |
| The diagnostic term Housemaid's Knee means |
inflamed bursa below the knee- related to an occupation |
| The diagnostic term Osteosarcoma means: |
bone tumors that causes hard tissue to become soft and fleshy |
| The diagnostic term Hip Disarticulation (HD) also means |
a surgical amputation through the joint capsule of the hip joint |
| The diagnostic term Subluxation actually means: |
partial joint dislocation - than complete dislocation |
| An osteopathic Physician is represented by the Medical Abbreviation ___________ and a Chiropractic Physician is represented by the Medical Abbreviation _________. |
DO and DC |
| The diagnostic term Hammer Toe means: |
the toe or toes of the foot are bent over or down - like a hammer |
| The term Examination means: |
the process or procedure of inspection |
| A Optometric Physician uses the Medical Abbreviation |
OD |
| The term Antropometric means |
refers to the measurement of humans |
| A bone process or eye membrane disease term that means resembling a wing is __________. |
pterygoid |
| Msucle terms for belly or abdomen are: |
abdominus or laparal |
| A muscle directional term for middle or toward the middle is: |
medi- or meso "meduium, medial, mesomorph" |
| A procedure of making a record of muscle activity is called: |
electro/myo/graph/y |
| The condition resulting in spasms of the nerves and muscles due to an abnormally low concentration of calcium in the blood is: |
tetany |
| The diagnostic term Anterior Polio/myel/itis means an: |
inflammation of the front gray horn of the spinal cord |
| The diagnostic term Myasthenia Gravis actually means: |
heavy because of muscle weakness |
| The diagnostic term Syn/dactyila means: |
fingers connected together |
| The diagnostic term Muscular Dystrophy means: |
muscle that have faulty development and wasting away of the muscles that did develop properly |
| The muscle or body trauma means: |
wound |
| The muscle term adductor literally means: |
one who/draws/toward "medially" |
| The diagnostic term Pes Planus means: |
flat foot |
| The muscle term supinator means: |
turns upward - one who |
| The machine that records muscle activity is called the: |
electromyograph |
| the "literal" meaning of diagnostic term Cardio/myo/path/y is: |
heart/muscle/disease/condition |
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