Bones of Skeletal System

Question 1

cartilage

Answer 1

nonvascular, firm connective tissue found mostly in joints

Question 2

chir/o

Answer 2

hand

Question 3

-pract-

Answer 3

efficient, practical

Question 4

-or

Answer 4

doer

Question 5

chiro/o-pract-ic

Answer 5

diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mechanical disorders of musculoskeletal system

Question 6

chir/o-pract-or

Answer 6

practitioner of chiropractic

Question 7

-fication

Answer 7

remove

Question 8

de-

Answer 8

from, out of

Question 9

-toxi-

Answer 9

poison

Question 10

de-toxi-fication

Answer 10

removing poison from tissue or substance

Question 11

ligament

Answer 11

band, sheet

band of fibrous tissue connecting two structures

Question 12

muscle

Answer 12

tissue consisting of cells that can contract

Question 13

muscul/o

Answer 13

muscle

Question 14

-skelet-

Answer 14

skeleton

Question 15

muscul/o-skelet-al

Answer 15

pertaining to muscles and bony skeleton

Question 16

orth/o

Answer 16

straight

Question 17

-ped-

Answer 17

child

Question 18

orth/o-ped-ic

Answer 18

pertaining to correction and cure of deformities and diseases of musculoskeletal system; most treated on children

Question 19

orth/o-ped-ist

Answer 19

specialist in orthopedics

Question 20

-in

Answer 20

chemical compound

Question 21

oste/o

Answer 21

bone

Question 22

-calc-

Answer 22

calcium

Question 23

oste/o-calc-in

Answer 23

hormone produced by bone cells

Question 24

-path

Answer 24

disease

Question 25

-path(y)

Answer 25

disease

Question 26

oste/o-path

Answer 26

practitioner of osteopathy

Question 27

oste/o-pathy

Answer 27

medical practice based on maintaining balance of body

Question 28

tendon

Answer 28

fibrous band that connects muscle to bone

Question 29

cortex

Answer 29

bark

outer portion of an organ, bone

Question 30

coric-

Answer 30

cortex

Question 31

cortic-al

Answer 31

pertaining to a cortex

Question 32

diaphysis

Answer 32

growing between

shaft of long bone

Question 33

epi-

Answer 33

upon, above

Question 34

-physis

Answer 34

growth

Question 35

epi-physis

Answer 35

expanded area at proximal and distal end of long bone to provide increased surface area for attachment of ligaments and tendons

Question 36

-ial

Answer 36

pertaining to

Question 37

epi-phys-ial

Answer 37

pertaining to an epiphysis

Question 38

haversian canals

Answer 38

vascular canals in bone

Question 39

marrow

Answer 39

fatty, blood forming tissue in cavities of long bones

Question 40

medulla

Answer 40

marrow

central portion of structure surrounded by cortex

Question 41

medullary

Answer 41

pertaining to medulla

Question 42

-um

Answer 42

structure

Question 43

peri-

Answer 43

around

Question 44

-oste-

Answer 44

bone

Question 45

peri-oste-um

Answer 45

strong membrane surrounding bone

Question 46

peri-oste-al

Answer 46

pertaining to periosteum

Question 47

callus

Answer 47

hard skin

bony tissue that forms at fracture site in early healing

Question 48

cancellous

Answer 48

lattice

bone that has a spongy or lattice like structure

Question 49

-ed

Answer 49

pertaining to

Question 50

comminut-

Answer 50

break into pieces

Question 51

comminut-ed

Answer 51

fracture in which bone in broken into pieces

Question 52

-oma

Answer 52

tumor, mass

Question 53

hemat-

Answer 53

blood

Question 54

hemat-oma

Answer 54

collection of blood that has escaped from blood vessels into tissue

Question 55

-blast

Answer 55

immature cell

Question 56

oste/o

Answer 56

bone

Question 57

oste/o-blast

Answer 57

bone forming cells

Question 58

oste/o-cyte

Answer 58

bone maintaining cell

Question 59

path/o

Answer 59

disease

Question 60

path/p-log-ic

Answer 60

fracture occurring at site already weakened by a disease