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CHAPTER 5

Multiple Choice

25Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. The word root orth means:

A. bone

B. joint

C. muscle

D. straight

2. The medical term bradykinesia means:

A. abnormally slow movement

B. abnormally slow growth of long bones

C. inability to coordinate muscles

D. joint stiffness

3. Inflammation and degeneration of a joint is known as:

A. achondroplasia

B. anklyosis

C. arthritis

D. spondylarthritis

4. A surgical puncture of a joint to withdraw or aspirate fluids from the synovial cavity is

known as:

A. arthrocentesis

265. 6. 7. B. arthrodesis

C. athroscopy

D. athrotomy

A medical field that emphasizes the relationship between the musculoskeletal system and

overall health, with an emphasis on preventative medicine, is:

A. chiropractic

B. orthotics

C. osteopathy

D. podiatry

Closing a tendon with sutures is known as:

A. tenomyoplasty

B. myoplasty

C. osteoplasty

D. tenorrhaphy

Surgical excision of part of a vertebra as part of treatment for a herniated disk is:

A. diskectomy

B. laminectomy

C. ostectomy

D. rachiotomy

278. The elderly patient fractured her hip and needs a hip replacement. She will be scheduled for

an:

A. arthrodesis

B. arthrotomy

C. arthroplasty

D. arthroscopy

9. The paraplegic must exercise his muscles daily to prevent muscle wasting, or:

A. ankylosis

B. ataxia

C. atrophy

D. tenodynia

10.The suffix that means surgical fixation or fusion is:

A. -clasis

B. -desis

C. -otomy

D. -schisis

11.The word root myel means:

A. bent forward

B. bone marrow

28C. hernia

D. spine

12.Which combining form means curved?

A. clon/o

B. lord/o

C. rachi/o

D. scoli/o

13.Which is the medical term for movement toward the body midline?

A. abduction

B. adduction

C. extension

D. eversion

14.Which type of joint allows the most movement between bones and occurs in the knee, elbow,

wrist, and shoulder?

A. bursae

B. cartilaginous

C. fibrous

D. synovial

15.Which medical term is spelled correctly?

29A. cocycx

B. dyskinisia

C. fasciotomy

D. myoceole

16.In the skeletal system, the combining form myel/o means:

A. bent forward

B. bone marrow

C. hernia

D. spine

17.Select the combining form that means joint.

A. my/o

B. articul/o

C. oste/o

D. tend/o

18.Select the combining form that means bone marrow.

A. myel/o

B. my/o

C. menisc/o

D. spondyl/o

3019.The combining form orth/o means:

A. bone

B. joint

C. muscle

D. straight

20.The paraplegic must exercise his muscles daily to prevent a reduction in muscle size and

strength known as:

A. ankylosis

B. ataxia

C. atrophy

D. tenodynia

21.Select the term with the correct spelling.

A. bradikenesha

B. bradykinesia

C. braydekinesia

D. bradeekinesia

22.Select the term with the correct spelling.

A. roomatoid arthritis

B. rheumatoid arthritis

31C. rheumatoyd arthritis

D. ruematoid arthritis

23.This type of arthritis is caused by the wear and tear that occurs with age.

A. rheumatoid arthritis

B. epicondylitis

C. osteoarthritis

D. osteomyelitis

24.This type of arthritis is caused by an autoimmune process.

A. rheumatoid arthritis

B. epicondylitis

C. osteoarthritis

D. osteomyelitis

25.With this disease, inflammation of the wrist causes pressure against the median nerve.

A. Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy

B. carpal tunnel syndrome

C. Marfan’s syndrome

D. gout

26.Select the term with the correct spelling.

A. fybromyalgea

32B. fibromyalgia

C. phibromyalgia

D. phibromialgea

27.This is a disease that causes progressive muscular weakness and deterioration.

A. fibromyalgia

B. Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy

C. osteogenesis imperfecta

D. achondroplasia

28.Which disorder affects the big toe with pain caused by deposits of uric acid crystals?

A. Duchenne’s

B. epicondylitis

C. gout

D. bunion

29.Which combining form means curved?

A. clon/o

B. scoli/o

C. rachi/o

D. burs/o

3330.This disease is characterized by an abnormal loss of bone density.

A. Marfan’s syndrome

B. osteoporosis

C. gout

D. carpal tunnel syndrome

31.A tear of fibers within a ligament is called a:

A. sprain

B. strain

C. fracture

D. cramp

32.A tear of fibers within a muscle is called a:

A. sprain

B. strain

C. fracture

D. myeloma

33.The medical term for inflammation of the tendon is:

A. arthritis

B. myositis

C. tendonitis

34D. bursitis

34.The medical term for inflammation of the tendon and synovial membrane that surrounds a

joint is:

A. bursitis

B. tendonitis

C. tenosynovitis

D. epicondylitis

E.myositis

Short Answer

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All

answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written with a combining

vowel and a slash; for example, the combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All

answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written with a hyphen before the

suffix; for example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking

for a prefix must be written with a hyphen after the prefix; for example, the prefix

meaning two is bi-.

35.The outer layer of the bone is called the ________

.

36.The bone of the upper arm is the ________

.

3537.The client complained of tenderness or pain in his leg muscles after walking in the hall. The

health care provider would chart that the client has ________

.

38.The medical term for drooping of the wrist, or wristdrop, is ________

.

39.Besides vertebr, a word root that means vertebra is ________.

40.The client is taking a medication with a potential side effect of ________. The client should

be observed for the inability to coordinate muscles while executing a voluntary movement.

41.The suffix -dynia means

.

________

42.Lateral ________is known as tennis elbow.

43.The medical term for muscle weakness is

.

________

44.The movement of turning the palm downward is known as ________

.

45.The medical term for joint pain is _________________.

46.The patient is taking a medication with a potential side effect of ataxia. The patient should be

observed for _________________.

47.The medical term for muscle pain is _________________.

48.The medical term for inflammation of the joint is _________________.

True/False

Write “T” if the statement is true and “F” if the statement is false.

49.

_______ The study of bones is arthrology.

50.

51.

_______ The child had a fracture of the end of the femur, which is the diaphysis.

Osteoclasts are bone cells that move around bone to dissolve bone matrix.

_______

3652.

53.

_______ _______ 54.

55.

56.

_______ _______ _______ 57.

_______ 58.

_______ The mandible and the maxilla are found in the jaw.

Joints are stabilized by tough bands of fibrous connective tissue called

tendons.

Lordosis is a deformity of the spine characterized by a hump.

Osteomyelitis is a painful bone infection caused by bacteria.

The school nurse checks the teenagers for abnormal lateral curvature of the

spine, which is known as scoliosis.

An injury that results from stretching a ligament beyond its normal range,

tearing its collagen fibers, is a strain.

Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy is a viral infection that often leads to

paralysis.

Essay

Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

59.List the functions of the skeleton.

60.Discuss how fractures are classified.

CHAPTER 5 ANSWERS

1. D

2. A

3. C

4. A

5. C

6. D

7. B

8. C

9. C

10. B

1011. B

12. D

13. B

14. D

15. C

16. B

17. B

18. A

19. D

20. C

21. B

22. B

23. C

24. A

25. B

26. B

27. B

28. C

1129. B

30. B

31. A

32. B

33. C

34. C

35. periosteum

36. humerus

37. myalgia

38. carpoptosis

39. spondyl

40. ataxia

41. pain

42. epicondylitis

43. myasthenia

44. pronation

45. arthralgia

46. falling

47. myalgia

1248. arthritis

49. FALSE

50. FALSE

51. TRUE

52. TRUE

53. FALSE

54. FALSE

55. TRUE

56. TRUE

57. FALSE

58. FALSE

59. The functions of the skeleton are support, protection, aid in movement, blood-cell formation,

and storage.

60. Fractures are primarily grouped into two types: closed or simple and open or compound. In

closed or simple fractures, the skin is not broken, but in open or compound fractures, the

skin is broken. Other categories include comminuted fractures, which result in fragmentation

of the bone; compression fractures, which result from being crushed; displaced fractures,

which cause an abnormal alignment of bone pieces; nondisplaced fractures in which bones

retain their alignment; epiphyseal fractures, which are breaks at the growth plate; greenstick

fractures, which are slight breaks; and spiral fractures, which are caused by twisting along a

long bone.