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Medical Terminology Chapter 3
Word Parts
Question: What combining form means joint?
Answer: Arthr/o
Question: What combining form means bone?
Answer: Oste/o
Question: What combining form means cartilage?
Answer: Chondr/o
Question: What combining form means bone marrow and spinal cord?
Answer: Myel/o
Question: What suffix means to bind or tie together?
Answer: -desis
Anatomy
Question: What bone forms the lower jaw?
Answer: mandible
Question: What term means an opening in a bone?
Answer: foramen
Question: What bone encases the brain?
Answer: cranium
Question: What is the upper portion of the sternum?
Answer: manubrium
Question: What are the bones of the wrist?
Answer: carpals
Pathology
Question: What term means pain in a bone?
Answer: ostealgia
Question: What term means abnormal softening of cartilage?
Answer: chondromalcia
Question: What term means loss of bone density?
Answer: osteoporosis
Question: What term also means swayback?
Answer: lordosis
Question: What term means the loss or absence of mobility in a joint?
Answer: ankylosis
Procedures
Question: What procedure is a surgical fusing of 2 bones?
Answer: arthrodesis
Question: What term is the surgical repair or replacement of a joint?
Answer: arthroplasty
Question: What procedure is the surgical removal of a bone?
Answer: ostectomy
Question: What procedure is the surgical repair of the skull?
Answer: cranioplasty
Question: What procedure is surgical loosening of an ankylosed joint?
Answer: arthrolysis
Hodge Podge
Question: What is the outer covering of a bone?
Answer: periosteum
Question: What term means abnormal softening of a bone?
Answer: osteomalacia
Question: What bone is also known as the collar bone?
Answer: clavicle
Question: What term is also known as wear and tear arthritis?
Answer: osteoarthritis
Question: What term means surgical fracture of a bone to correct a deformity?
Answer: osteoclasis