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Final Exam
The Musculoskeletal System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cervical | Neck 1-7 vertebrae |
| Thoracic | Next 12 vertebrae. Chest, cavity, curvature of the spine |
| Lumbar | Last 5 vertebrae. Lower back |
| cranium | The spherical structure that surrounds and protects the brain (8 bones of the head) |
| coccyx | the tail bone |
| clavicle | The upper and front part of the shoulder *collarbone |
| scapula | back of the bone |
| femur | thigh bones |
| patella | knee cap |
| tibia | lower weight bearing bone of lower leg *shin bone |
| fibula | the slander smaller bone of the lower bed that attaches to the proximal end of the tibia |
| tarsal | ankle (7) |
| metatarsal | foot bones (5) |
| phalanges | toe bone (14) 2 bones of the big toes & 3 on each of the other 4 toes |
| humerus | upper arm |
| ulna | lower arm on the little finger side |
| radius | lower arm on the thumb side |
| carpals | located in the wrist (8) |
| metacarpals | palms on the hands (5) |
| phalanges | three on each hand and 2 on the thumb (14) |
| Total Hip Arthroplasty | Hip Replacement Surgery |
| Myoma | Muscle tumor/swelling |
| Muscular Dystrophy | Progressive crippling disease of the muscles |
| Osteoma | Tumor condition / Tumor comprised of bone |
| Raptured disc | "slapped disc" - usually in lower back (between vertebra) |
| Torn Ligament | Tissue at a joint is stretched |
| Tendonitis | Tendon Inflammation (attaches muscle to bone) |
| Mandible fracture | Broken lower jaw |
| Chondritis | Cartilage inflammation |
| Scoliosis | Lateral curvature of spine |
| Arthoplasty | (Plastic) repair of joint |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | Inflammation of the joint in 20-40 yrs old-fever, wt loss & stiffness of the joint |
| Osteoarthritis | Chronic inflammation of the (wear+tear) joints in older people |
| Costectomy | Surgical removal of the rib |
| Osteomyelitis | Inflammation of the bone marrow |
| fracture | broken bone |
| Atrophy | without development (muscle disease) |
| cranial | pertaining to the cranium |
| Sternal puncture | insertion of a needle into the sternum to collect bone marrow |
| Arthogram | X-ray of a joint |
| Laminectomy | removal of the lamina-for raptured disc (vertebra) |
| Arthralgia | pain in the joint |
| Craniotomy | cutting into the skull (Incision) |
| Dystrophy | bad or faulty development |
| Orthopedic | The diagnosis & treatment of diseases of the muscles & bones or fractured to bone |
| Osteoporesis | abnormal condition causing bones to become briddle |