Medical Terminology
The suffix "-itis"
What is inflammation?
Fibrous connective tissue that attaches bone to bone
What is a ligament?
The three types of muscle tissue
What is cardiac, skeletal and smooth?
Considered close to the midline
What is medial?
Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
What is scoliosis?
Commonly known as "a nose job"
What is rhinoplasty?
The number of bones found in a human baby
What is 300?
Separates the abdominal and thoracic cavities
What is the diaphragm?
The plane an archer might bisect his body into
What is the sagittal plane?
With 14 different types, this is a break in the continuity of bone
What is is a bone fracture?
The study of body movement
What is kinesiology?
The three types of joints
What are cartilaginous, fibrous, synovial?
Thermogenesis, facilitation of movement, protection of internal organs, controls hollow organs, postural support
What are the functions of the muscular system?
The plane jumping jacks occur in
What is the horizontal plane?
Most common form of arthritis that occurs when the protective cartilage that cushions the ends of the bones wears down over time
The four parts of a medical term.
What is the prefix, suffix, root word, combining form?
Most commonly broken bone in children
What is the clavicle?
The three types of muscle contraction
What is isotonic, isokinetic, isometric?
The esophagus and trachea are found in this cavity
What is the mediastinum cavity?
condition with an unknown origins, that causes pain all over the body, sleep problems, fatigue
What is fibromyalgia?
Definition: the generation of heat
What is thermogenesis?
The smallest bone in the body
What is the stapes?
The bicep and tricep working together
What is an antagonistic pair?
Increasing the angle of a joint
What is extension?
Chronic autoimmune, neuromuscular disease that causes weakness in the skeletal muscles that worsens after periods of activity and improves after periods of rest
What is myasthenia gravis?