Diseases of Bone

Question 1

-plasia

Answer 1

formation

Question 2

a-

Answer 2

without

Question 3

-chondr/o-

Answer 3

cartilage

Question 4

a-chondr/o-plasia

Answer 4

condition w abnormal, early conversion of cartilage into bone, dwarfism

Question 5

-genesis

Answer 5

creation, formation

Question 6

oste/o

Answer 6

bone

Question 7

oste/o-genesis

Answer 7

inherited condition when bone formation is incomplete, leading to fragile easily broken bones

Question 8

imperfecta

Answer 8

unfinished

Question 9

-malacia

Answer 9

abnormal softness

Question 10

oste/o-malacia

Answer 10

soft, flexible bones lacking in calcium (rickets)

Question 11

-itis

Answer 11

inflammation

Question 12

-myel-

Answer 12

bone marrow

Question 13

oste/o-myel-itis

Answer 13

inflam. of bone and bone marrow

Question 14

-penia

Answer 14

deficient

Question 15

oste/o-penia

Answer 15

decreased calcification of bone

Question 16

-sis

Answer 16

condition

Question 17

-por/o-

Answer 17

opening

Question 18

oste/o-por/o-sis

Answer 18

condition in which the bones become more porous, brittle, and fragile and more likely to fracture

Question 19

rickets

Answer 19

vitamin D deficiency producing soft flexible bones

Question 20

-oma

Answer 20

tumor, mass

Question 21

sarc-

Answer 21

flesh

Question 22

sarc-oma

Answer 22

malignant tumor originating in connective tissue

Question 23

chondr/o

Answer 23

cartilage

Question 24

chondr/o-sarc-oma

Answer 24

malignant tumor originating in cartilage cells

Question 25

-gen-

Answer 25

creation

Question 26

oste/o-gen-ic sarc-oma

Answer 26

malignant tumor originating in bone producing cells