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Pertaining to the heel bone is termed____________________.

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What is the term for putting the broken ends of a fracture into alignment without exposing the fractured bone by surgery?


A) Open reduction
B) Closed reduction
C) Greenstick fracture
D) Comminuted fracture

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What is characteristic of a compound fracture?


A) The broken bone protrudes through the skin.
B) One fragment of bone is firmly driven into the other.
C) The fracture is not complete.
D) The fracture occurs at right angles to the axis of the bone.

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MATCHING Match the bones with their correct common names. a.Ankle bone b.Thigh bone c.Bones of the fingers and toes d.Kneecap e.Hipbone f.Tailbone g.Shoulder blade h.Wrist bone i.Upper arm bone j.Calf bone -Femur

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Which term means a decrease in size of an organ or tissue?


A) Atrophy
B) Hypertrophy
C) Myasthenia
D) Trophopathy

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What does hypotonicity mean?


A) Below normal response to myelosuppression
B) Decreased calcium in the bone
C) Diminished tone or tension in a body structure
D) Less than normal passive range of motion

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Which type of bone marrow consists principally of fat cells and is found in the medullary cavity?


A) Gray marrow
B) Red marrow
C) White marrow
D) Yellow marrow

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What is the name of the process whereby cartilage is used as a model to form bone in an embryo?


A) Chondrolysis
B) Chondrogenesis
C) Osteolysis
D) Osteogenesis

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Which of the following means pain of a specific bone in the lower leg?


A) Femorodynia
B) Tibialgia
C) Fibular
D) Metacarpitis

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Which of the following is a condition characterized by cramps, convulsions, and twitching of muscles?


A) Relaxants
B) Tetany
C) Inversion
D) Chondritis

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Which term means inhibition of bone marrow activity?


A) Myelosuppression
B) Myeloencephalitis
C) Osteopenia
D) Osteopathy

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Which of the following is a break involving a fragmented bone that protrudes through the skin?


A) Compound comminuted fracture
B) Simple comminuted fracture
C) Greenstick fracture
D) Impacted fracture

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What is the name of muscles responsible for drawing a limb toward the midline of the body?


A) Abductors
B) Adductors
C) Flexors
D) Extensors

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Write the meaning of the abbreviation: TMJ ____________________

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Temporoman...

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What does the term abductor mean?


A) Movement away from the midline of the body
B) A muscle that makes possible movement away from the midline of the body
C) Movement toward the midline of the body
D) A muscle that makes possible movement toward the midline of the body

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Which is not a common musculoskeletal injury?


A) Strain
B) Dislocation
C) Rickets
D) Fracture

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Which type of muscle is involuntary and controlled by the autonomic nervous system?


A) Skeletal muscle
B) Cardiac muscle
C) Voluntary muscle
D) Adductors

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What is tendoplasty?


A) Surgical repair of a tendon
B) Incision of a tendon
C) Incision of a muscle
D) Surgical repair of a muscle

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MATCHING Match the bones with their correct common names. a.Ankle bone b.Thigh bone c.Bones of the fingers and toes d.Kneecap e.Hipbone f.Tailbone g.Shoulder blade h.Wrist bone i.Upper arm bone j.Calf bone -Carpal

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Which term means the circular movement of a limb at the far end?


A) Circumduction
B) Extension
C) Pronation
D) Supination

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