Chapter 5 enrichment terms

Question 1

annulus fibrosus

Answer 1

outer ring like portion of intervertebral disk

Question 2

calvaria

Answer 2

dome like upper portion of skull

Question 3

coxa

Answer 3

hip

Question 4

cruciate ligaments

Answer 4

cross knee joint to connect tibia and fibula (ACL, PCL)

Question 5

genu

Answer 5

knww

Question 6

glenoid cavity

Answer 6

scapular socket that humerus articulates with

Question 7

hallux

Answer 7

great toe

Question 8

malleolus

Answer 8

projection of tibia or fibula on either side of ankle

Question 9

meniscus

Answer 9

cartilage found in certain joints (knee - separate tibia and femur)

Question 10

nucleus pulposus

Answer 10

central mass of intervertebral disk

Question 11

olecranon

Answer 11

process of ulna (ELBOW)

Question 12

os

Answer 12

bone

Question 13

osseous

Answer 13

pertaining to bone

Question 14

achondroplasia

Answer 14

decreased growth of cartilage in growth plate of long bones

DWARFISM

Question 15

baker cyst

Answer 15

mass at knee joint by distension (enlargement) of bursa with excess synovial fluid

Question 16

bunion

Answer 16

inflammation and enlargement of metatarsal joint of great toe

Question 17

bursitis

Answer 17

inflammation of bursa

Question 18

chondroma

Answer 18

benign tumor of cartilage

Question 19

ewing tumor

Answer 19

bone tumor in kids

Question 20

exostosis

Answer 20

bony outgrowth

Question 21

giant cell tumor

Answer 21

kids and young adults. ends of bones destroyed by large non metastasizing tumor (knees)

Question 22

hammertoe

Answer 22

change in position of toe joints so toe is claw like (big toe is up)

Question 23

hallux valgus

Answer 23

lateral displacement of big toe at metatarsal joint (bunions form)

Question 24

Heberden nodes

Answer 24

small hard nodes in cartilage of distal finger joints in OA