Word building

Question 0

Osteoclasts

Answer 0

Bone cell that breaks down areas of old or damaged bone.

Question 1

Ossification

Answer 1

Gradual replacing of cartilage with bone that takes place during childhood and adolescence.

Question 2

Osteoblasts

Answer 2

Bone that deposits new bone

Question 3

Osteocytes

Answer 3

Maintain and monitor the mineral content of the bone.

Question 4

Periosteum

Answer 4

Thick, fibrous membrane covering the surface of a bone.

Question 5

Diaphysis

Answer 5

Straight shaft of a long bone.

Question 6

Fontanel

Answer 6

Soft spot on a babies head with a cranial sutures are still open and there’s only fibrous connective tissue.

Question 7

Chondroma

Answer 7

Benign tumor of the cartilage.

Question 8

Osteoma

Answer 8

Benign tumor of the bone.

Question 9

Osteosarcoma

Answer 9

Malignant bone tumor

Question 10

Closed fracture

Answer 10

Any fracture in which the bone does not break through the underlying skin.

Question 11

Open fracture

Answer 11

A fracture in which the bone breaks through the overlying skin. It is also known as a compound fracture.

Question 12

Osteomyelitis

Answer 12

Infection in the bone and in the bone marrow.

Question 13

Ligaments

Answer 13

Fibrous bands that connects bone to bone

Question 14

Acetabulum

Answer 14

Part of the hip bone where the head of the femur sits

Question 15

Olecranon

Answer 15

Large square bony projection on the proximal Ulna

Question 16

Two combining form meaning bone

Answer 16

Osse/o

Oste/o

Question 17

Two combining form meaning fibula

Answer 17

Perone/o

Fib/o

Question 18

Sarc/o

Answer 18

Connective tissue

Question 19

Necr/o

Answer 19

Dead cells tissue or body

Question 20

Malac/o

Answer 20

Softening

Question 21

Combining form for vertebrae

Answer 21

Spondyl/o

vertebr/o

Question 22

Combining form for ankle

Answer 22

Tars/o

Question 23

Pariet/o

Answer 23

Wall of cavity

Question 24

To combining form for cartilage

Answer 24

Cartilgin/o | Chondr/o

Question 25

Dactyl/o

Answer 25

Finger or toe

Question 26

ethm/o

Answer 26

Sieve

Question 27

Glen/o-

Answer 27

Socket of a joint

Question 28

Hy/o-

Answer 28

U-shaped structure

Question 29

Lacrim/o-

Answer 29

Tears

Question 30

Arthr/o- | Articul/o-

Answer 30

Joint

Question 31

Carp/o-

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Wrist

Question 32

cervic/o-

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Neck

Question 33

What is gout

Answer 33

In metabolic disorder. There is a high level of uric acid in the blood an acute attack causes sudden severe pain after uric acid moves from the blood into the soft tissue and forms crystals, usually in the hands and feet.

Question 34

Hemarthrosis

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Blood in the joint cavity from blunt trauma or a penetrating wound.

Question 35

Myel/o-

Answer 35

Bone marrow, spinal cord

Question 36

Osteophyte

Answer 36

Bone spur

Question 37

Arthrocentesis

Answer 37

Needle inserted into the joint space to remove accumulation of fluid

Question 38

Arthrodesis

Answer 38

Procedure to fuse the bones in a degenerative unstable joint

Question 39

Closed reduction

Answer 39

Manual manipulation of a displaced fracture so that the bone ends go back into normal alignment

Question 40

What are the three types of joints?

Answer 40

Suture joint, symphysis joint, synovial joint.

Question 41

What is osteoarthritis

Answer 41

Chronic inflammatory disease of the joints

Question 42

What is rheumatoid arthritis?

Answer 42

Acute and chronic inflammatory disease of connected tissue particularly of the joints it is an auto immune disorder in which the patient's own antibodies attack cartilage and connective tissue