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Medical Terminology Simplified 4th Edition Gylys Masters Test Bank
ISBN-13: 978-0803620919
ISBN-10: 0803620918
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Chapter 10- Musculoskeletal System
| 1. | What is the the group of genetic diseases characterized by gradual atrophy and weakness of muscle tissue? | |
| A) | muscular dystrophy | |
| B) | talipes equinovarus | |
| C) | sequestrum | |
| D) | myasthenia gravis | |
| E) | torticollis | |
| Ans: | A | |
| 2. | Which type of fracture results when the broken ends of a bone are forced into one another? | |
| A) | compound | |
| B) | greenstick | |
| C) | impacted | |
| D) | simple | |
| E) | open | |
| Ans: | C | |
| 3. | Select the term that has an opposite meaning of osteosclerosis. | |
| A) | osteogenesis | |
| B) | osteorrhaphy | |
| C) | osteomalacia | |
| D) | osteoarthritis | |
| E) | none of the above | |
| Ans: | C | |
| 4. | Which of the following words is in its plural form? | |
| A) | bursae | |
| B) | vertebra | |
| C) | phalange | |
| D) | pleura | |
| E) | A and B only | |
| Ans: | A | |
| 5. | The term myotomy means incision of: | |
| A) | the bone marrow | |
| B) | the cartilage | |
| C) | a tendon | |
| D) | the spinal cord | |
| E) | a muscle | |
| Ans: | E | |
| 6. | What is an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine called? | |
| A) | lordosis | |
| B) | sciatica | |
| C) | necrosis | |
| D) | scoliosis | |
| E) | kyphosis | |
| Ans: | D | |
| 7. | Which muscle action indicates movement away from the midline of the body? | |
| A) | pronation | |
| B) | rotation | |
| C) | supination | |
| D) | adduction | |
| E) | abduction | |
| Ans: | E | |
| 8. | A patient with lumbodynia has pain in the: | |
| A) | knee | |
| B) | ankle | |
| C) | head | |
| D) | lower back | |
| E) | upper chest | |
| Ans: | D | |
| 9. | Eversion of the foot refers to: | |
| A) | moving the sole of the foot inward | |
| B) | moving the sole of the foot upward | |
| C) | moving the foot outward | |
| D) | both A and B | |
| E) | both A and C | |
| Ans: | C | |
| 10. | Trauma to a joint that causes injury to the surrounding ligament is called: | |
| A) | strain | |
| B) | sprain | |
| C) | torticollis | |
| D) | tendinitis | |
| E) | talipes | |
| Ans: | B | |
| 11. | A person with inflammation of a joint experiences: | |
| A) | costalgia | |
| B) | cephalalgia | |
| C) | arthrodynia | |
| D) | chondritis | |
| E) | osteodynia | |
| Ans: | C | |
| 12. | A disease in children in which an inefficient mineralization of the bone-forming tissue causes deformities is: | |
| A) | osteochondroma | |
| B) | rickets | |
| C) | myelomalacia | |
| D) | meningocele | |
| E) | chondritis | |
| Ans: | B | |
| 13. | Intercostal muscles are located between the: | |
| A) | vertebrae and ribs | |
| B) | fingers | |
| C) | toes | |
| D) | ribs | |
| E) | vertebrae | |
| Ans: | D | |
| 14. | The atlas supports the skull and is the: | |
| A) | first cervical vertebra | |
| B) | first thoracic vertebra | |
| C) | first lumbar vertebra | |
| D) | sacrum | |
| E) | coccyx | |
| Ans: | A | |
| 15. | Cervicofacial refers to the face and: | |
| A) | head | |
| B) | neck | |
| C) | chest | |
| D) | hand | |
| E) | brain | |
| Ans: | B | |
| 16. | The medical term for suture of a bone is: | |
| A) | osteomalacia | |
| B) | osteorrhaphy | |
| C) | osteogenesis | |
| D) | osteoarthritis | |
| E) | osteosclerosis | |
| Ans: | B | |
| 17. | Where is the Achilles tendon located? | |
| A) | back | |
| B) | upper arm | |
| C) | foot | |
| D) | knee | |
| E) | chest | |
| Ans: | C | |
| 18. | The function of a tendon is to attach: | |
| A) | bone to bone | |
| B) | muscle to bone | |
| C) | muscle to muscle | |
| D) | cartilage to bone | |
| E) | vertebra to vertebra | |
| Ans: | B | |
| 19. | What is the anatomical term that refers to the tail of the vertebral column? | |
| A) | carpal | |
| B) | calcaneum | |
| C) | coccyx | |
| D) | sacrum | |
| E) | lamina | |
| Ans: | C | |
| 20. | Congenital deformity of the foot, also called clubfoot, is: | |
| A) | torticollis | |
| B) | sprain | |
| C) | talipes | |
| D) | strain | |
| E) | dystrophy | |
| Ans: | C | |
| 21. | The second vertebra is identified as: | |
| A) | T2 | |
| B) | L2 | |
| C) | S2 | |
| D) | C2 | |
| E) | V2 | |
| Ans: | D | |
| 22. | An individual with quadriplegia has paralysis of: | |
| A) | one upper extremity | |
| B) | both upper extremities | |
| C) | one lower extremity | |
| D) | both lower extremities | |
| E) | all extremities | |
| Ans: | E | |
| 23. | What is the disease characterized by excessive uric acid called? | |
| A) | rheumatoid arthritis | |
| B) | crepitation | |
| C) | contracture | |
| D) | gout | |
| E) | acidosis | |
| Ans: | D | |
| 24. | The term spondylitis refers to an inflammation of the: | |
| A) | synovial fluid | |
| B) | ribs | |
| C) | fingers | |
| D) | cartilage | |
| E) | vertebrae | |
| Ans: | E | |
| 25. | A directional word meaning near the point of attachment to the trunk is: | |
| A) | lateral | |
| B) | distal | |
| C) | proximal | |
| D) | superior | |
| E) | inferior | |
| Ans: | C | |
| 26. | A physician who specializes in the use of x-rays for diagnosis and treatment of disease is a: | |
| A) | radiography | |
| B) | radiologist | |
| C) | physiologist | |
| D) | roentgenologist | |
| E) | B and D | |
| Ans: | E | |
| 27. | What is an excessive amount of calcium in the blood called? | |
| A) | calcicosis | |
| B) | hypercalcemia | |
| C) | calcitonin | |
| D) | hypocalcemia | |
| E) | calciuria | |
| Ans: | B | |
| 28. | Another name for osteitis deformans is: | |
| A) | osteoporosis | |
| B) | Paget disease | |
| C) | polio | |
| D) | Pott disease | |
| E) | osteomyelitis | |
| Ans: | B | |
| 29. | Intervertebral disks are composed of: | |
| A) | bone | |
| B) | cartilage | |
| C) | muscle fibers | |
| D) | synovial fluid | |
| E) | ligaments | |
| Ans: | B | |
| 30. | Site where hematopoiesis occurs is the: | |
| A) | capillaries | |
| B) | bone marrow | |
| C) | cartilage | |
| D) | liver | |
| E) | periosteum | |
| Ans: | B | |
| 31. | What is the combining form that refers to the thigh bone? | |
| A) | fibul/o | |
| B) | rachi/o | |
| C) | humor/o | |
| D) | femor/o | |
| E) | patell/o | |
| Ans: | D | |
| 32. | What is the type of fracture in which the bone has injured another organ, such as a broken rib piercing a lung, called? | |
| A) | closed | |
| B) | impacted | |
| C) | complicated | |
| D) | incomplete | |
| E) | compound | |
| Ans: | C | |
| 33. | What is the surgical procedure to relieve symptoms of a ruptured disc? | |
| A) | open reduction | |
| B) | sequestrectomy | |
| C) | synovectomy | |
| D) | laminectomy | |
| E) | bursectomy | |
| Ans: | D | |
| 34. | All of the following are bones of the vertebral column EXCEPT: | |
| A) | atlas | |
| B) | axis | |
| C) | thoracic | |
| D) | cervical | |
| E) | pubic | |
| Ans: | E | |
| 35. | What is the term that refers to the shaft of a long bone? | |
| A) | myeloblast | |
| B) | epiphysis | |
| C) | osteocyte | |
| D) | periosteum | |
| E) | diaphysis | |
| Ans: | E | |
| 36. | What progressive, autoimmune, neuromuscular disorder is characterized by severe muscle weakness and progressive fatigue? | |
| A) | myalgia | |
| B) | hypertrophy | |
| C) | myasthenia gravis | |
| D) | myosclerosis | |
| E) | leiomyoma | |
| Ans: | C | |
| 37. | What is the surgical procedure to repair a joint? | |
| A) | tenorrhaphy | |
| B) | arthroplasty | |
| C) | fasciectomy | |
| D) | carpectomy | |
| E) | myoplasty | |
| Ans: | B | |
| 38. | Which term describes a slipping or subluxation of a vertebrae? | |
| A) | spondylitis | |
| B) | lordosis | |
| C) | spondylolisthesis | |
| D) | kyphosis | |
| E) | none of the above | |
| Ans: | C | |
| 39. | What is the bone of the upper arm called? | |
| A) | femur | |
| B) | humerus | |
| C) | tibia | |
| D) | radius | |
| E) | ulna | |
| Ans: | B | |
| 40. | Fibrosis of connective tissue in skin, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility is: | |
| A) | ganglion cyst | |
| B) | osteophyte | |
| C) | adenofibroma | |
| D) | fibromyoma | |
| E) | contracture | |
| Ans: | E | |
| 41. | What is a segment of necrosed bone called? | |
| A) | crepitation | |
| B) | rickets | |
| C) | sequestrum | |
| D) | rachitis | |
| E) | necropsy | |
| Ans: | C | |
| 42. | The plural form of pelvis is: | |
| A) | pelvic | |
| B) | pelvicular | |
| C) | pelvex | |
| D) | pelvaces | |
| E) | pelves | |
| Ans: | E | |
| 43. | Two main divisions of the skeleton are the axial and the ___________ skeleton: | |
| A) | articular | |
| B) | vertebral | |
| C) | peripheral | |
| D) | cephalic | |
| E) | appendicular | |
| Ans: | E | |
| 44. | What is the type of fracture called when a bone breaks and splinters into pieces? | |
| A) | greenstick | |
| B) | comminuted | |
| C) | impacted | |
| D) | hairline | |
| E) | compression | |
| Ans: | B | |
| 45. | All of the following are true about the femur EXCEPT: | |
| A) | longest bone in the body | |
| B) | strongest bone in the body | |
| C) | bone of the lower leg | |
| D) | articulates with hip bone | |
| E) | known as thigh bone | |
| Ans: | C | |
Use the following to answer questions 46-57:
Combining Forms
Match the combining forms with their meanings.
ankyl/o
arthr/o
cervic/o
chondr/o
cost/o
crani/o
lamin/o
lumb/o
my/o
myel/o
orth/o
oste/o
pelv/o
spondyl/o
ten/o
| 46. | ribs | |
| Ans: | cost/o | |
| 47. | vertebrae (backbone) | |
| Ans: | spondyl/o | |
| 48. | pelvis | |
| Ans: | pelv/o | |
| 49. | stiffness; bent, crooked | |
| Ans: | ankyl/o | |
| 50. | joint | |
| Ans: | arthr/o | |
| 51. | neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) | |
| Ans: | cervic/o | |
| 52. | bone marrow; spinal cord | |
| Ans: | myel/o | |
| 53. | straight | |
| Ans: | orth/o | |
| 54. | bone | |
| Ans: | oste/o | |
| 55. | cartilage | |
| Ans: | chondr/o | |
| 56. | muscle | |
| Ans: | my/o | |
| 57. | tendon | |
| Ans: | ten/o | |
Use the following to answer questions 58-75:
Medical Vocabulary
Match the medical words with their definitions.
ankylosis
arthrocentesis
arthroscopy
carpal tunnel syndrome
contracture
crepitation
Ewing sarcoma
gout
herniated disk
kyphosis
lordosis
myasthenia gravis
Paget disease
rheumatoid arthritis
rotator cuff injuries
scoliosis
sequestrectomy
sequestrum
strain
torticollis
total hip arthroplasty
| 58. | Immobility of a joint | |
| Ans: | ankylosis | |
| 59. | Pain or numbness resulting from compression of wrist canal through which the tendons and nerve pass | |
| Ans: | carpal tunnel syndrome | |
| 60. | Fibrosis of connective tissue in skin, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility | |
| Ans: | contracture | |
| 61. | Grating sound made by movement of bone ends rubbing together indicating joint destruction | |
| Ans: | crepitation | |
| 62. | Malignant tumor that develops from bone marrow; occurs most frequently in adolescent boys | |
| Ans: | Ewing sarcoma | |
| 63. | Hereditary metabolic disease that is a form of acute arthritis characterized by excessive uric acid in the blood and around the joints | |
| Ans: | gout | |
| 64. | Rupture of the nucleus pulposus between two vertebrae | |
| Ans: | herniated disk | |
| 65. | Skeletal disease affecting elderly people; also called osteitis deformans | |
| Ans: | Paget disease | |
| 66. | Chronic, systemic disease characterized by inflammatory changes in joints and related structures resulting in crippling deformities | |
| Ans: | rheumatoid arthritis | |
| 67. | Fragment of a necrosed bone that has become separated from surrounding tissue | |
| Ans: | sequestrum | |
| 68. | Increased curvature of the thoracic region of the vertebral column, leading to a humpback posture | |
| Ans: | kyphosis | |
| 69. | Abnormal sideward curvature of the spine, either to the left or to the right | |
| Ans: | scoliosis | |
| 70. | Autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by severe muscular weakness and progressive fatigue | |
| Ans: | myasthenia gravis | |
| 71. | Damage incurred to the capsule of the shoulder joint that is reinforced by muscles and tendons | |
| Ans: | rotator cuff injuries | |
| 72. | Trauma to a muscle from overuse or excessive forcible stretch | |
| Ans: | strain | |
| 73. | Puncture of a joint space with a needle to remove fluid | |
| Ans: | arthrocentesis | |
| 74. | Visual examination of the interior of a joint performed by inserting an endoscope through a small incision | |
| Ans: | arthroscopy | |
| 75. | Replacement of the femur and acetabulum with metal components | |
| Ans: | total hip arthroplasty | |
