Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

artha

Answer 1

joints

Question 2

burs

Answer 2

bursa

Question 3

carp

Answer 3

carpus

Question 4

chondr

Answer 4

cartilage

Question 5

cost

Answer 5

rib

Question 6

crani

Answer 6

cranium (skull)

Question 7

femor

Answer 7

femur

Question 8

ili

Answer 8

ilium

Question 9

ischi

Answer 9

ischium

Question 10

kinesi

Answer 10

movement, motion

Question 11

kyph

Answer 11

hump (spine)

Question 12

lord

Answer 12

bent forward (spine)

Question 13

necr

Answer 13

death

Question 14

oste

Answer 14

bone

Question 15

phalang

Answer 15

phalanx

Question 16

pub

Answer 16

pubis

Question 17

rachi

Answer 17

vertebra, spine, vertebral, column

Question 18

scoli

Answer 18

crooked, curved (spine)

Question 19

spondyl

Answer 19

vertebra, spine, vertebral column

Question 20

stern

Answer 20

sternum

Question 21

ten

Answer 21

tendon

Question 22

tendin

Answer 22

tendon

Question 23

troph

Answer 23

development

Question 24

vertedr

Answer 24

vertebra, spine

Question 25

inter-

Answer 25

between

Question 26

-asthenia

Answer 26

weakness

Question 27

-desis

Answer 27

surgical fusion (to immobilize)

Question 28

-malacia

Answer 28

softening

Question 29

-schisis

Answer 29

split, fissure

Question 30

carpal tunnel syndrome

Answer 30

nerve entrapment disorder of the wrist

Question 31

gout

Answer 31

excessive amount of uric acid in the blood causes sodium urate crystals to be deposited in the joints

Question 32

herniated disk

Answer 32

rupture of intervertebral disk cartilage causing pressure on the nerve roots

Question 33

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Answer 33

diagnostic imaging test

Question 34

muscular dystrophy (MD)

Answer 34

hereditary disease that’s degeneration of muscle and weakness

Question 35

rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Answer 35

chronic systemic disease characterized by inflammatory changes in the connective tissue throughout the body