Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

Burs/o

Answer 1

Bursa, sac of fluid near joint

Question 2

Arthr/o

Answer 2

Joint

Question 3

Chondr/o

Answer 3

Cartilage

Question 4

Erg/o

Answer 4

Work

Question 5

Fasci/o

Answer 5

Fascia (a thin casing of connective tissue)

Question 6

Kin/o, Kinesi/o

Answer 6

Movement

Question 7

Muscul/o

Answer 7

Muscle

Question 8

My/o

Answer 8

Muscle

Question 9

Myel/o

Answer 9

Bone marrow, spinal cord

Question 10

Oste/o

Answer 10

Bone

Question 11

Synov/i

Answer 11

Synovial fluid, joint, or membrane

Question 12

Ten/o, Tendin/o

Answer 12

Tendon

Question 13

Ton/o

Answer 13

Tone; pressure

Question 14

Bones are classified by their:

Answer 14

Shape

Question 15

Bones longer than they are wide and are found in limbs. These bones are named for their elongated shape, not their size

Answer 15

Long Bones

Question 16

Long bones

Answer 16

Tubular bones

Question 17

Roughly cube-shaped bones such as carpal bones of the wrist and tarsal bones of the ankle

Answer 17

Short bones

Question 18

A short bone (shaped like a sesame seed) formed with tendons, cartilaginous in early life and osseous (bony) in the adult. The patella is the largest of this type of bone

Answer 18

Sesamoid bones

Question 19

Short bones

Answer 19

Cuboidal bones

Question 20

Type of bone that consists of a layer of spongy bone between two thin layers of compact bone; cross-section is flat, not rounded. These bones have marrow but lack a bone marrow cavity

Answer 20

Flat bones

Question 21

Type of bones that do not fit into any other category of bones. Examples are face bones such as mandible and zygoma and the vertebrae

Answer 21

Irregular bones

Question 22

Type of muscle that is attached to the skeleton by tendons; contraction of this muscle is under VOLUNTARY control

Answer 22

Skeletal muscle

Question 23

Type of muscle that contains interlocking INVOLUNTARY striated muscle. It allows the electrical impulses to pass quickly across the muscle fibers.

Answer 23

Cardiac Muscle

Question 24

Type of muscle found in the walls of all the hollow organs (except the heart), its contraction reduces the size of these structures; movement generally is INVOLUNTARY

Answer 24

Smooth muscle

Question 25

What type of fracture is an incomplete fracture commonly found in children?

Answer 25

Greenstick fracture

Question 26

What type of joint is most common in the human body?

Answer 26

Synovial Joint