Medical Terminology III

Eggs

100

Levator muscles __________ a body part.

Raise

200

A fibrous band of connective tissue that connects muscle to bone is

Tendon

300

Looseness is called

Laxity

400

Protrusion of a body part through tissues that normally contain it is called

Hernia

500

A muscle that forms a tight band is called a(n)

Sphincter

Bacon

100

Surgical removal of a muscle or part of a muscle is called

Myectomy

200

Abnormal condition or disease of muscle is called

Myopathy

300

The tarsal bones are found in the

Hock

400

The manubrium is the

Cranial portion of the sternum

500

Which term describes the freely movable joints of the body?

Diarthroses

Toast

100

The opening in a bone through which blood vessels, nerves, and ligaments pass is a(n)

Foramen

200

The acetabulum is commonly called the

Hip socket

300

Muscles located above the pelvic axis are called

Epaxial muscles

400

Muscles under voluntary control are known as

Skeletal

500

A muscle that bends a limb at its joint or decreases the joint angle is called a(n)

Flexor

Sausage (Lg. Animal)

100

Another term for distal interphalangeal joint it ungulates is the

Coffin joint

200

The V-shaped pad of soft horn between the bars on the sole of the equine hoof is known as the 

Frog

300

The anatomical term for the top of the head is the

Poll

400

The common name for the tarsal joint in animals is the

Hock

500

The side of the body between the ribs and ilium is called the

Flank

Muffins (Lg. Animal)

100

The upper lip and apex of the nose of swine is called the

Snout

200

The two nostrils and the muscles of the upper and lower lips are called the

Muzzle

300

The proximal interphalangeal joint in ungulates is called the

Pastern joint

400

The protrusions of the ischium bones just lateral of the base of the tail in ruminants are known as

Pins

500

The protrusions of the wing of the ilium on the dorsolateral area of ruminants are known as

Hooks