Medical Terminology
What does the combining form ankyl/o mean? (3 words)
What is Crooked, bent, stiff.
Which combining form means bone?
What is oste/o?
Which muscle flexes the knee and bends the foot downward? (Not your belly but you would think it is because of the prefix)
What is Gastrocnemius
A bone is crushed or splintered in which type of fracture?
What is comminuted ?
What is dual x-ray absorptiometry used to assess?
What is bone density?
What does the combining form myel/o mean? (My neck, my back)
What is spinal cord?
Where are the metatarsals located?
What is feet?
What is the term for rotating the arm so the palm faces upward?
What is Supination?
What type of arthritis is also known as wear and tear arthritis?
What is osteoarthriti?
What is the medical term for surgical suturing of a tendon to a bone?
What is tenodesis?
What does the combining form chondr/o mean? (“Ear bones”)
What is Cartilage?
Which is another term for the hip socket?
What is acetabulum?
What muscle motion is used to shrug the shoulders?
What is elevation?
What condition is a congenital defect?
What is spina bifida?
What does a muscle do when it becomes shorter and thicker?
What is contracts?
What does the root word in hematopoietic mean?
What is blood?
What is the upper part of the sternum called?
What is manubrium?
Which term refers to a stiff neck due to spasmodic contractions?
What is torticollis?
What is the term for an inflammation of bone and bone marrow?
What is osteomyelitis?
What is the medical term for hiccups?
What is singultus?
What does the combining form in sarcopenia mean?
What is flesh?
Which bone is known as the kneecap?
What is patella?
Ballet dancers standing on the tips of their toes is called what?
What is plantar flexion?
Which term refers to a narrowing of the spinal cavity?
What is spinal stenosis?
Which term describes a band of fibrous tissue holding structures together abnormally?
What is adhesion?