multiple choice 1
The clavicle bone is commonly referred to as the
a. shoulder bone
b. breast bone
c . collar bone
d. wrist
c. collar bone
The medical term for humpback is ________.
a. contracture
b. scoliosis
c. kyphosis
d. lordosis
c. kyphosis
Which of the following terms means "slow movement"?
A) Tachykinesia
B) Bradykinesia
C) Hyperkinesia
D) Dyskinesia
B) Bradykinesia
Which of the following terms is misspelled?
A) Substernal
B) Myorhexis
C) Myelogenic
D) Electromyography
B) Myorhexis
The combining form that means bursa is
burs/o
The tibia is commonly referred to as the
a. shin bone
b. ankle bones
c. hip bone
d. kneecap
a. shin bone
Which procedure examines the inside of a joint?
a. arthroplasty
b. arthrodesis
c. arthrocentesis
d. arthroscopy
d. arthroscopy
) Which of the following terms means "ruptured muscle"?
A) Myalgia
B) Myorrhaphy
C) Myorrhexis
D) Myasthenia
C) Myorrhexis
Which of the following terms is misspelled?
A) Chondromalasia
B) Arthralgia
C) Osteomyelitis
D) Intracranial
A) Chondromalasia
The combining form that means cartilage is ________.
chondr/o
Which of the following refers to the hand bones?
a. mandible
b. maxilla
c. metacarpus
d. metatarsus
c. metacarpus
Which term means "pertaining to the femur"?
a. femuric
b. femoral
c. femoris
d. femural
b. femoral
Which term means "producing bone"?
A) Osteotome
B) Osteoclasia
C) Osteopathy
D) Osteogenic
D) Osteogenic
Which of the following terms is misspelled?
A) Mandibuler
B) Humeral
C) Femoral
D) Clavicular
A) Mandibuler
The combining form that means wrist is ________.
carp/o
Which of the following bones are the fingers?
a. tarsals
b. scapulae
c. metacarpals
d. phalanges
d. phalanges
Which of the following terms means "abnormal cartilage softening?
A) Chondroplasty
B) Chondroma
C) Chondromalacia
D) Chondritis
C) Chondromalacia
) Maxillary means pertaining to the ________.
A) upper jaw
B) ankle
C) lower jaw
D) tailbone
A) upper jaw
Which of the following terms is misspelled?
A) Maxillary
B) Coccygeal
C) Metacarpes
D) Thoracic
C) Metacarpes
The combining form that means bent backward is ________.
lord/o
Which of the following bones is NOT found in the lower extremity?
a. patella
b. tarsus
c femur
d. scapula
d. scapula
Which of the following involves obtaining fluid from a joint in order to examine it to make a diagnosis?
a. arthroscopy
b. arthroclasia
c. arthrodesis
d. arthrocentesis
d. arthrocentesis
Which term means "surgical repair of a joint"?
A) Arthroplasty
B) Arthrography
C) Arthroscopy
D) Arthrocentesis
A) Arthroplasty
An abnormal lateral curvature of the spine is called
A) lordosis
B) orthosis
C) scoliosis
D) kyphosis
C) scoliosis
A combining form that means bone marrow is ________.
myel/o