Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

Long bones

Answer 1

Bones longer than they are wide; found in limbs

Question 2

Tubular

Answer 2

Long bones

Question 3

Short bones

Answer 3

Roughly cube-shaped such as tarsal or carpal bones

Question 4

Sesamoid bones

Answer 4

Short bone shaped like a sesame seed; formed within tendons; cartilaginous in early life and osseous in adults; ex. Patella

Question 5

Cuboidal bones

Answer 5

Short bones

Question 6

Cuboidal bones

Answer 6

Short bones

Question 7

Flat bones

Answer 7

Bones consisting of a layer of spongey bone between two thin layers of compact bone; cross-section is flat; have marrow but no marrow cavity; ex. Skull, ribs

Question 8

Irregular bones

Answer 8

Bones that don’t fit in other categories; ex. Mandible, zygoma, vertebrae

Question 9

Closed fracture

Answer 9

Fracture that does not involve breaking of the skin

Question 10

Compound fracture

Answer 10

Fracture that projects through the skin with possibility of infection

Question 11

Comminuted fracture

Answer 11

Fracture with more than two separate bone components/ fragments

Question 12

Transverse fracture

Answer 12

Fracture that breaks the bone shaft across the longitudinal axis

Question 13

Greenstick fracture

Answer 13

Fracture where only one side of the of the shaft is broken and the other is bent; common in children

Question 14

Spiral fracture

Answer 14

Fracture spread along the length of the bone; produced by twisting stress

Question 15

Colles’ fracture

Answer 15

Fracture of the wrist that affects the distal radial bone

Question 16

Compression fracture

Answer 16

Vertebral collapse due to trauma, tumor or osteoporosis

Question 17

Epiphyseal fracture

Answer 17

Fracture that occurs where the bone matrix is calcifying and chondrocytes are dying; usually seen in children

Question 18

Epiphyseal fracture

Answer 18

Fracture that occurs where the bone matrix is calcifying and chondrocytes are dying; usually seen in children

Question 19

Ankylosis

Answer 19

Stiffening of a joint

Question 20

Arthralgia

Answer 20

Joint pain

Question 21

Arthritis

Answer 21

Inflammation of a joint

Question 22

Arthrodesis

Answer 22

Surgical fixation of a joint

Question 23

Arthropathy

Answer 23

Joint disease

Question 24

Bursitis

Answer 24

Inflammation of a bursa

Question 25

Carpal

Answer 25

Pertaining to the wrist bone

Question 26

Chondral

Answer 26

Pertaining to cartilage

Question 27

Chondralgia

Answer 27

Pain in and around a joint

Question 28

Coccygeal

Answer 28

Pertaining to the coccyx

Question 29

Connective

Answer 29

Tissue connecting or binding together

Question 30

Dactylic

Answer 30

Pertaining to finger or toe

Question 31

Femoral

Answer 31

Pertaining to the femur

Question 32

Iliac

Answer 32

Pertaining to the ilium

Question 33

Kyphosis

Answer 33

Abnormal curvature of the thoracic spine; humpback

Question 34

Lordosis

Answer 34

Abnormal anterior curvature of of spine, usually lumbar; swayback or hollowback

Question 35

Metacarpal

Answer 35

Long bones of the hand

Question 36

Osteoblast

Answer 36

Bone-forming cell

Question 37

Osteocarcinoma

Answer 37

Malignant cancerous tumor of bone

Question 38

Osteochondritis

Answer 38

Inflammation of bone and cartilage

Question 39

Osteochondritis

Answer 39

Inflammation of bone and cartilage

Question 40

Osteopenia

Answer 40

Lower than average bone density; usually a precursor to osteoporosis

Question 41

Osteoporosis

Answer 41

Condition resulting in reduction of bone mass

Question 42

Osteorrhaphy

Answer 42

Suture of bone

Question 43

Patellar

Answer 43

Pertaining to the patella

Question 44

Phalanges

Answer 44

Bones of the fingers and toes

Question 45

Scoliosis

Answer 45

Lateral curvature of the spine

Question 46

Sternonomy

Answer 46

Surgical incision of the sternum

Question 47

Tarsal

Answer 47

Pertaining to the tarsal bones of the foot

Question 48

Tendinitis

Answer 48

Inflammation of tendon