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chp.3 skeletal
med term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The medical term meaning inflammation of a bursa is___________. | bursitis |
| The surgical removal of the synovial membrane from a joint is a/an _____________. | synovectomy |
| A marked loss of bone density and an increase in bone porosity is known as_________. | osteoporosis |
| The term that means pertaining to the formation of blood cells is_________. | hemopoietic |
| The medical term meaning inflammation of the periosteum is____________. | periostitis |
| The term referring to the posterior surface of the knee is__________. | popliteal |
| A surgical incision into the skull is a/an_________. | craniotomy |
| An inflammation of the cartilage that connects a rib to the sternum is________. | costochondritis |
| A bone disorder that destroys normal bone structure and replaces it with scar-like tissue is__________. | fiberous displasia |
| Cancer in the blood-forming cells of the bone marrow is called a/an__________. | myeloma |
| A congenital defect in which the spine fails to close around the spinal cord. | spina bifida |
| Degenerative condition of the spinal structure. | spondylosis |
| Rheumatoid arthritis that causes inflammation between the vertebrae. | ankylosing spondylitis |
| Pain of the lumbar region. | lumbago |
| Rupture of the intervertebral disk that causes pressure on spinal nerve roots. | herniated disk |
| A_______ __________,which is a fracture of the wrist, is associated with osteoporosis. | Colles' fracture |
| The head of the femur meets with the pelvis at the ___________, forming the hip join | acetabulum |
| The surgical destruction of bone tissue. | osteoclasis |
| The surgical suturing or joining of fragments of broken bone, usually by wiring them together. | osteorraphy |
| surgical fixation of a joint | arthrodesis |
| a bone disorder in which scar-like (fibrous) tissue develops in place of normal bone. | Fibrous dysplasia |
| A/An ______________is the surgical division of a tendon for relief of a deformity caused by the abnormal shortening of a muscle | tenotomy |
| The surgical anchoring of a tendon, as to a bone. | tenodesis |
| the operation of freeing a tendon from adhesions. | tenolysis |
| The carpals are the bones of the________. | hand |
| _________ connect one bone to another bone. | Tendons |
| A _________ fracture is straight across the bone. | transverse |
| What is the smaller bone of the forearm ? | ulna |
| What term means an opening in a bone through which blood vessels,nerves,and ligaments pass? | foremen |
| Red bone marrow manufactures red blood cells, white blood cells, thrombocytes, and hemoglobin. What term describes this process? | Hemopoietic |
| What is the upper leg bone? | Femur |
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Mrs. Franks
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