Word Parts
Leiomy/o
What is smooth muscle?
OSTEOMALACIA
What is softening of bone?
How many types of bones are there?
What is 4?
How many types of muscle are there?
What is 3?
These attach bone to bone.
What are ligaments?
Which disorder has a high level of uric acid in the blood?
What is gout?
What do you call the NCAA basketball tournament that is going on now?
What is March Madness?
Rhabdomy/o
What is skeletal muscle?
What is the abnormal condition of vertebra?
What type of bone is the femur?
What is a long bone.
Which muscle type is VOLUNTARY?
What is skeletal (striated) muscle?
These are closed sacs of fluid found near joints
What are bursa sacs?
What is a genetic disease that causes bones to be brittle and break easily?
What is Osteogenesis Imperfecta?
What do you call a weakening in the largest vessel in the body?
What is an Aortic Aneurysm?
Rheumat/o
What is watery flow?
ANKYLOSIS
What is abnormal condition of stiff?
What is the med term for the ankle bone (medial and lateral)?
What is the malleolus?
What muscle action increases the angle of the joint?
What is extension?
This is the shiny white material found on the end of bones that acts as a shock absorber?
What is cartilage?
RICE is used to treat this condition.
What is a sprain?
What specific animal is in the nursery rhyme that contains :what do you see? I see a redbird looking at me...."
What is a brown bear?
-desis
What is to bind?
ARTHRODESIS
What is to bind a joint?
What is the med term for the forearm bone on the pinky side?
What is the ulna?
Which muscle elevates the shoulder?
What is the trapezius?
What is the lubricating fluid called that is found around joints?
What is synovial fluid?
This disorder is compression of the median nerve.
What is carpal tunnel?
In the medical world, this is a measurement of liquid, equivalent to milliliters.
What are cc's? (Cubic centimeters)
-listhesis
What is slipping?
RHABDOMYOMA
What is a tumor of skeletal muscle?
What is the med term for your cheek bones?
What are zygomatic bones?
Which muscle closes the jaw for chewing?
What is the masseter?
What produces the fluid in joints?
What is the synovial membrane?
This is an autoimmune type of arthritis?
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
This person will drive people home who may have engaged in mind altering activities.
What is a DD? (Designated driver)
-clast
What is to break?
SARCOPENIA
What is deficiency of muscle and flesh?
What do you call an increased curvature of the thoracic spine?
What is kyphosis?
Which muscle lifts the heel off the ground and bends the knee?
What is the gastrocnemius?
This is the med term for a joint.
What is an articulation?
What type of fracture did Kevin Ware sustain?
What is a compound fracture (open)?
Like myself (KK), both of my sister's have double letter initials. Can you name either of them?
What is LL (Linda Lambert) or CC (Cathy Curbow)