They are muscular system word roots/combining forms that mean muscle.
What are muscl/o or my/o?
100
It is called an appendage.
What is a body part that is attached to a main structure called?
100
It is a broken bone.
What is a fracture?
100
It is a medical procedure that involves a partial or complete removal of an extremity due to trauma or circulatory disease.
What is an amputation?
200
It is a prefix that means above; excessive; superior.
What is supra-?
200
It is a skeletal system word root/combining form that means straight.
What is orth/o?
200
They are the muscles whose actions are controlled by the autonomic nervous system.
What are smooth/involuntary/visceral muscles?
200
It is a genetic disease characterized by gradual atrophy and weakening of muscle tissue.
What is muscular dystrophy?
200
It is a surgical procedure which involves implantation or transplantation of bone tissue from another part of the body or from another person to serve as a replacement for damaged or missing bone tissue.
What is bone grafting?
300
It is a suffix that means binding, fixation (of a bone or joint).
What is -desis?
300
It is the word root/combining form for a musculoskeletal system related structure meaning cartilage.
What is chondr/o?
300
It is called supination.
What is it called when one turns their palm up?
300
It is a form of osteomalacia in children caused by vitamin D deficiency.
What is rickets?
300
It is a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses low-energy x-ray absorption to measure bone mineral density (BMD) and usually measures bones of the spine, hip, and forearm; also called dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA).
What is a bone density test or bone densitometry?
400
It is a suffix that means softening.
What is -malacia?
400
It is a specific bone word root/combining form meaning fingers or toes.
What is dactyl/o?
400
It is the part of long bones that is the shaft, or long, main portion of the bone.
What is the diaphysis?
400
It is a degeneration of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae and related tissue.
What is spondylosis?
400
It is a medical procedure that restores a bone to its normal position using manipulation rather than surgery.
What is a closed reduction?
500
It is a suffix that means weakness, debility.
What is -asthenia?
500
It is a word root/combining form meaning rod-shaped (striated) muscle.
What is rhabdomy/o?
500
They are the anatomical divisions of the human skeleton.
What are the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton?
500
They are the three major types of malignancies (called sarcomas) that originate from bone, fat, muscle, cartilage, bone marrow, and cells of the lymphatic system.
What are fibrosarcoma, osterosarcoma, and Ewing sarcoma?
500
It is the excision of the posterior arch of a vertebra.