| Question |
Answer |
| What type of bone is found in the thigh, lower leg, and upper and lower arm? |
Long Bones |
| What type of bone is found in the wrist and ankle and are small with irregular shapes? |
Short Bones |
| What type of bone is found covering soft body parts? |
Flat Bones |
| What type of bone is a small rounded bone resembling a sesame seed in shape? |
Sesamoid Bones |
| What type of bone is a layer of hard, dense bone that lies under the periosteum in all bones and lies chiefly around the diaphysis of long bones? |
Compact Bones |
| How many bones are in the cervical cavity and how do you number it? |
Seven C1 - C7 |
| How many bones are in the thoracic cavity and how do you number them? |
Twelve T1 - T12 |
| How many bones are in the lumbar cavity and how do you number them? |
Five L1 - L5 |
| The manipulative reduction of a fracture without a surgical incision is called a __________. |
Closed Reduction |
| When a bone is broken but there is no open wound in the skin it is called a __________. |
Closed Fracture |
| When a bone is broken and a fragment of bone protrudes through an open wound in the skin it is called a __________. |
Open Fracture |
| What type of fracture is caused by disease, tumor or infection? |
Pathologic Fracture |
| What type of fracture occurs near the wrist joint at the lower end of the radius? |
Colles Fracture |
| What type of fracture is when the bone is splintered or crushed into several pieces? |
Comminuted Fracture |
| What type of fracture occurs when the bone is compressed with another bone? |
Compression Fracture |
| What type of fracture is when a bone is only partially broken? |
Greenstick Fracture |
| What type of fracture is when one fragment is driven firmly into the other? |
Impacted Fracture |
| This disorder is due to a vitamin D deficiency in adults. |
Osteomalacia |
| Inflammation of the bone and bone marrow is called __________. |
Osteomyelitis |
| __________ connect bone to bone. |
Ligaments |
| __________ connect bone to muscle. |
Tendons |
| Inflammation of the joints... |
Arthritis |
| Chronic, progressive arthritis with stiffening of joints, primarily of the spine. |
Ankylosing Spondylitis |
| Progressive, degenerative joint disease characterized by loss of articular cartilage and hypertrophy of bone. |
Osteoarthritis |
| Chronic disease in which joints become inflamed and painful and caused by and autoimmune reaction against joint tissue. |
Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| A __________ is a partial or incomplete dislocation. |
Subluxation |
| An abnormal protrusion of an intervertebral disc into the spinal nerves causing pain and/or numbness. |
Herniation of an intervertebral disc |
| A __________ is when there is trauma to a joint with pain, swelling, and injury to ligaments. |
Sprain |
| A __________ is a less serious injury involving the overstretching of muscle and possibly injuring a tendon. |
Strain |
| Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the joint space. |
Arthrocentesis |
| Process of taking x-ray images after injection of contrast material into the joint. |
Arthrography |
| Surgical repair of a joint. |
Arthroplasty |
| Visual examination of the inside of a joint. |
Arthroscopy |
| X-ray beam is used with a computer to provide cross-sectional images. |
CAT Scan |
| Radio waves and a magnetic field used to create images. |
MRI |
| CTS |
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
| DEXA |
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry |
| EMG |
Electromyography |
| IM |
Intramuscular |
| TKR |
Total knee replacement |
| THR |
Total hip replacement |
| TMJ |
Temporomandibular joint |
| When a new piece of bone is growing on another piece of bone it is called an __________. |
Osteoma |
| What means lack of development, partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body? |
Atrophy |
| What means inflammation of the bursae? |
Bursitis |
| What condition means the chronic disease where there is thickening and hypotrophy of long bones? |
Paget's disease |
| What condition means the inability to maintain normal posture and perform normal movements? |
Ataxia |
| What condition means partial or total loss of the ability to voluntarily move muscles? |
Paralysis |
| What condition means a muscle that involuntarily, suddenly and violently contracts for a prolonged period of time? |
Spasms or Cramps |
| What condition means inflammation of the tendon? |
Tendinitis |
| What condition means inflammation of the tendon sheath? |
Tenosynovitis |
| What is a benign tumor of the smooth muscles called? |
Leiomyomas |
| What is a malignant tumor of the smooth muscles called? |
Leiomyosarcoma |
| What kind of muscle tumor are fibroids of the uterus? |
Leiomyomas |
| What is a benign tumor of the skeletal muscle called? |
Rhabdomyomas |
| What is a malignant tumor of the skeletal muscle called? |
Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Removal of a small piece of tissue for lab exam is called a __________. |
Biopsy |
| __________ evaluates bone injuries, tumors of the bone or cartilage loss by using low levels of radiation. |
Radiography |
| Partial or complete removal of a limb. |
Amputation |
| AC Joint |
Acromioclavicular joint |
| What is a surgical removal of a portion of the vertebral arch; an open diskectomy? |
Laminectomy |
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