Skeletal System

Question 1

Arthralgia

Answer 1

Joint pain

Question 2

Chondromalacia

Answer 2

Softening of the cartilage

Question 3

Osteomyelitis

Answer 3

Inflammation of the bone and bone marrow

Question 4

Synovitis

Answer 4

Inflammation of synovial membrane

Question 5

Chondroma

Answer 5

A tumor that forms in cartilage

Question 6

Exostosis

Answer 6

Bone spur

Question 7

Myeloma

Answer 7

Bone marrow tissue tumor

Question 8

Osteochondroma

Answer 8

A tumor that consists of bone and cartilage tissue

Question 9

Osteogenic sarcoma

Answer 9

Bone cancer that usually begins in osteocytes

Question 10

Osteomalacia

Answer 10

Softening of bones

Question 11

Kyphosis

Answer 11

Abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine

Question 12

Lordosis

Answer 12

Abnormal increase of forward curvature of lumbar spine

Question 13

Spina bífida

Answer 13

Congenital anomaly occurring when a vertebra fails to fully form around the spinal cord

Question 14

Spinal stenosis

Answer 14

Narrowing of the spinal canal causing pressure on the cord and nerves

Question 15

Spondylolisthesis

Answer 15

The forward sliding of lumbar vertebra over the vertebra below it

Question 16

Spondylosis

Answer 16

Degenerative condition of the vertebral column

Question 17

Subluxation

Answer 17

Incomplete dislocation

Question 18

Arthroclasia

Answer 18

Forcibly break loose a fused joint

Question 19

Arthrodesis

Answer 19

Procedure to stabilize a joint by fusing bones together

Question 20

Osteotome

Answer 20

Instrument used to cut bone