Ch 8 - orthopedics

An osteophyte is another name for ________.

a bone spur

If a patient had a fracture of the zygomatic bone, it would involve ________.

one of the facial bones

Swayback, or an anterior curvature of the lumbar spine, is known as ________.

lordosis

Which syllable is the primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of the medical word bunionectomy (bun-yun-ek-toh-mee)?

ek

Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means "instrument used to examine (a) joint"?

-scope, arthr/o-

All of these are anatomical structures of a vertebra EXCEPT ________.

olecranon

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammation with fusing together of the ________.

vertebrae

Which of these is a combining form meaning "rib"?

Cost/o-

Crepitus is ________.

a grinding sound heard as bone ends rub together

The facial bone that is the cheekbone and goes to the edge of the eye socket is the ________.

zygomatic bone

Crepitus is a sound you would hear in a joint that had ________

degenerative joint disease

The breastbone is also known as the ________.

sternum

Which fracture would be found in children, because a child's bones are still flexible?

Greenstick

One of the meanings of the combining form ________ is "tailbone."

coccyg/o-

The literal definition of the word intra-articular is "pertaining to ________."

within (the) joint

Overstretching or tearing of a ligament is known as ________

a sprain

Which is a fracture in which the bone is crushed into many small pieces?

Comminuted

During childhood, cartilaginous tissue is gradually replaced by bony tissue in a process known as ________.

ossification

The cervical vertebrae are in the ________.

neck

The results of the bone densitometry test show that Alaina Smith has abnormal thinning of bone due to postmenopausal ________.

osteoporosis

The combining form spondyl/o- has the same medical meaning as the combining form ________.

vertebr/o-

Which of the following bones of the chest is also known as the breastbone?

Sternum

Osteoarthritis is also known as ________

degenerative joint disease

The patient with gout will show an elevated level of ________ in the blood.

uric acid

The socket in the hip bone where the femur forms a joint is known as the ________.

acetabulum

Bone cells that eat away old or damaged bone, releasing calcium into the blood, are called ________.

osteoclasts

The combining form skelet/o- means "________."

skeleton

Select the MISSPELLED word

Pectus excurvatum

The combining form tars/o- means "________."

ankle

A bone spur might be treated with ________.

extracorporeal shock wave therapy

A goniometer is used to measure the ________.

ROM

Which of the following bones is NOT in the thorax?

Ulna

Which of the following is a bone densitometry test used to detect osteoporosis?

DEXA

The combining form epiphys/o- means "________."

enlarged end of long bone

The physician would order a blood test to check the uric acid level if a patient was suspected of having ________.

gout

All of the following are TRUE about Lyme disease EXCEPT ________.

it causes the patient's own antibodies to attack cartilage and connective tissues

Bone growth takes place at the ________.

epiphyseal plates

The combining form articul/o- means "________."

joint

The combining form fract/o- means "________."

bend; break up

The combining form scoli/o- means "________."

crooked; curved

The combining form rheumat/o- means "________."

watery discharge

Which is the medical word for collarbone?

Clavicle

The medical word osseous means "pertaining to ________."

bone

Which of the following is NOT one of the meanings of the combining form myel/o-?

Bony process

How many pairs of ribs are there?

12

The spongy bone at the ends of a long bone is known as ________.

cancellous bone

In hemarthrosis, the combining form hem/o- means "________."

blood

Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means "condition (of) cartilage softening"?

-ia, chondr/o-, malac/o-

All of the following are types of fractures EXCEPT ________.

Ewing's

The U-shaped bone in the neck that does NOT connect to any other bones is known as the ________.

hyoid

An ORIF would use all of the following to fix a fracture EXCEPT ________.

orthosis

The patient had an arthroplasty of his hip. Which is an abbreviation for this surgery?

THR

The meniscus is ________.

a crescent-shaped cartilage pad

The bones that form a synovial joint are held together by ________.

ligaments

Which is the medical word for the thigh bone?

Femur

One measurement that a pediatric growth chart tracks is ________.

weight

The suffix -ics in the word orthopedics means "________."

knowledge; practice

A transverse fracture is ________.

perpendicular to the long axis of the bone

Which is the medical word for the bone on the thumb side of the forearm?

Radius

The pubic ________ is a type of joint that has a cartilage pad and is nearly immovable.

symphysis

All of the following are used during orthopedic surgery EXCEPT ________.

goniometer

In an operative report for a patient with pectus excavatum, what anatomical structure is sure to be mentioned?

Sternum

Which is the largest of the ankle bones?

Calcaneus

Which is the name for each bony prominence on the distal tibia or the distal fibula?

Malleolus

Which section of the vertebrae is located in the lower back?

Lumbar

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammation with fusing together of the ________.

vertebrae

The primary way to diagnose fractures and dislocations is with ________.

an x-ray

Fractures that are allowed to heal without treatment might show ________.

malalignment

All of the following are examples of an orthosis EXCEPT ________.

a rongeur

The adjective peroneal refers to the ________.

fibula

Genu varum (bowleg) is the opposite of ________.

genu valgum

The combining form ankyl/o- means "________."

fused together; stiff

All of the following are facial bones EXCEPT ________.