Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

Tendon

Answer 1

Muscle to bone

Question 2

Ligament

Answer 2

Bone to bone

Question 3

Osteoblast

Answer 3

Immature bone cell

Question 4

Osteocyte

Answer 4

Bone cell (tree rings)

Question 5

Osteoclast

Answer 5

Remodels bone; absorbs/digests

Question 6

Ossification

Answer 6

Replacement of cartilage w/bone

Question 7

Long bones

Answer 7

Ex. Femur, tibia & fibula, metatarsals & phalanges

Question 8

Short bones

Answer 8

Ex. Wrist, ankles

Question 9

Flat bones

Answer 9

(Soft bones)

Ex. Skull, shoulder, ribs

Question 10

Compact bone

Answer 10

Hard/dense bone

Question 11

Haversian canals

Answer 11

(Only in compact bone)

Openings that have blood vessels

Question 12

Medullary cavity

Answer 12

Contains bone marrow

Question 13

Cancellous bone

Answer 13

Spongy bone

Question 14

Processes & Depressions

Answer 14

1. Bone head
2. Condyle- bottom; epicondyle- above
   3.Trochanter- bump or definition (found on femur)
3. Tuberosity- elevated round process
4. Olecranon fossa- elbow

Question 15

Acetabulum

Answer 15

Depression in pelvis that joins the femur and hip joint

Question 16

Hemat/o/poiesis

Answer 16

Formation (red-yellow)

Question 17

Spondylolisthesis

Answer 17

Slipping of the vertebrae

Question 18

Laminectomy

Answer 18

Operation to relieve the symptoms of slipped disc

Question 19

Talipes

Answer 19

“Club foot”

Question 20

Comminuted fracture

Answer 20

Splintered or crushed bone

Question 21

Colles fracture

Answer 21

Radial head (wrist)

Question 22

Greenstick fracture

Answer 22

Bending (children)

Question 23

Displaced fracture

Answer 23

Surgery

Question 24

Non-displaced fracture

Answer 24

No surgery

Question 25

Leiomyoma

Answer 25

Malignant tumor of smooth muscle

Question 26

Acromion

Answer 26

Top outer edge of the scapula

Question 27

Malleolus

Answer 27

Bony projection on the inner side of the ankle

Question 28

Lamina

Answer 28

Thin plate, scale, layer

Question 29

Pubic symphysis

Answer 29

The joint between the pelvic bones that helps carry the weight of the upper body

Question 30

Osteogenic sarcoma

Answer 30

Bone cancer that forms in osteoblasts

Question 31

Osteoporosis

Answer 31

Weak/brittle bones

Question 32

Kyph/o

Answer 32

Posterior curvature, “humpback”

Question 33

Lord/o

Answer 33

Curve, “sway back,” lumbar

Question 34

Scoli/o

Answer 34

Crooked

Question 35

Myel/o

Answer 35

Bone marrow

Question 36

Orth/o

Answer 36

Straight

Question 37

Spondyl/o

Answer 37

Vertebrae

Question 38

-listhesis

Answer 38

Slipping

Question 39

-physis

Answer 39

To grow

Question 40

-porosis

Answer 40

Pore/passage

Question 41

Cost/o

Answer 41

Ribs

Question 42

Perone/o

Answer 42

Fibula

Question 43

Ankyl/o

Answer 43

Stiffening

Question 44

Articul/o ~ arthr/o

Answer 44

Joint

Question 45

Rheumat/o

Answer 45

Watery flow

Question 46

-dysis

Answer 46

Bind/tie together

Question 47

-stenosis

Answer 47

Narrowing; spinal stenosis- compression of the spinal cord

Question 48

-asthenia

Answer 48

Lack of strength

Question 49

-trophy

Answer 49

Develop/nourish

Question 50

Synovial joints

Answer 50

(Movable) Ex. Ball & socket, hinge type (shoulder hip; elbow, knee)

Question 51

Suture joints

Answer 51

Immovable

Question 52

Suture

Answer 52

Where bones fuse

Question 53

Frontal bone

Answer 53

Front

Question 54

Parietal

Answer 54

Side

Question 55

Temporal

Answer 55

Temple

Question 56

Occipital

Answer 56

Back/low

Question 57

Sphenoid

Answer 57

Wedge

Question 58

Ethmoid

Answer 58

Inside the eye

Question 59

Mastoid process

Answer 59

Like a breast, lower skull

Question 60

Styloid

Answer 60

Curled underside of skull

Question 61

Nasal bone

Question 62

Lacrimal

Answer 62

Inside eye

Question 63

Maxillary

Answer 63

Upper gum

Question 64

Mandible

Answer 64

Lower jaw

Question 65

Zygomatic

Answer 65

Cheek bone

Question 66

Vomer

Question 67

Clavicle

Question 68

Scapula

Question 69

Sternum

Question 70

Ribs

Question 71

Humerus

Question 72

Radius

Answer 72

Side w thumb

Question 73

Ulna

Answer 73

Side with pinky

Question 74

Carpals, metacarpals, phalanges

Question 75

Tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges

Question 76

Pelvic girdle: ilium, pubis, ischium

Question 77

Patella

Question 78

Fibula

Answer 78

Outside

Question 79

Tibia

Answer 79

Inside

Question 80

Hyoid bone

Answer 80

Between mandible and larynx 

Question 81

Xyphoid

Answer 81

End of sternum

Question 82

Lateral malleolus and medial malleolus

Answer 82

Side & middle of ankle

Question 83

Calcaneous

Answer 83

Heel or stone

Question 84

Ewing sarcoma

Answer 84

Malignant bone tumor

Question 85

Ex/ost/osis

Answer 85

Extra bone, bone growth/spur

Question 86

Oste/o/malacia

Answer 86

Softening of bone

Question 87

Oste/o/myel/itis

Answer 87

Inflammation of the bone & bone marrow

Question 88

Bursae

Answer 88

Sacs of synovial fluid

Question 89

Gouty arthritis

Answer 89

Excess of uric acid

Question 90

Osteoarthritis

Answer 90

Loss of cartilage, bone spurs, occurs in older people

Question 91

Rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 91

Autoimmune disease; body attacks the joints

Question 92

Bunion

Answer 92

Bony bumps that forms on the joint, base of the big toe

Question 93

Carpal tunnel

Answer 93

compression of the median nerves; wrist

Question 94

Dislocation

Answer 94

Joint forced out of normal position

Question 95

Ganglion

Answer 95

Cysts with roots around the tendons/joints of the wrist

Question 96

Herniation of the intervertebral disc

Answer 96

Slipped disc

Question 97

Lyme’s disease

Answer 97

Arthritis, myalgia, malaise (tick bite)

Question 98

Sprain

Answer 98

Trauma to a ligament; RICE

Question 99

Systematic lupus erythematous

Answer 99

Chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease

Question 100

Striated muscle

Answer 100

Voluntary control

Question 101

Smooth muscle

Answer 101

Involuntary; digestive tract

Question 102

Cardiac muscle

Answer 102

Heart