Cna Musculoskeletal System

Front 1

the diaphysis of a long bone

Back 1

shaft

Front 2

the soft, fatty material found in the
medullary cavity of the long bones

Back 2

yellow marrow

Front 3

the set of vertebrae that forms the
inward curve of the spine

Back 3

lumbar

Front 4

the first set of seven bones forming the neck

Back 4

cervical vertebrae

Front 5

the name for the collarbone

Back 5

clavicle

Front 6

the upper jawbone

Back 6

maxilla

Front 7

the shoulder blade

Back 7

scapula

Front 8

the wrist bones

Back 8

carpal bones

Front 9

upper arm bone

Back 9

humerus

Front 10

the upper, wing-shaped
portion of the pelvic bone

Back 10

ilium

Front 11

the upper leg bone

Back 11

femur

Front 12

foot bones

Back 12

metatarsals

Front 13

flexible tough band of fibrous connective
tissue that attaches
one bone to another at a joint

Back 13

ligament

Front 14

small, fluid-filled sac that allows
for easy movement of
one part of a joint over another

Back 14

bursa

Front 15

the structure that attaches muscle to bone

Back 15

tendon

Front 16

type of muscle tissue that is
striated and voluntary

Back 16

skeletal

Front 17

movement that turns the palms up

Back 17

supination

Front 18

a movement that is drawing
away from the middle

Back 18

abduction

Front 19

a movement turning around its own axis

Back 19

rotation

Front 20

movement in which a limb is
placed in a straight position

Back 20

extension

Front 21

combining form that mean rib

Back 21

cost/o

Front 22

combining form that means kneecap

Back 22

patell/o

Front 23

combining form that means breast bone

Back 23

stern/o

Front 24

combining form that means joint

Back 24

arthr/o

Front 25

combining form that means bone

Back 25

oste/o

Front 26

combining form that means crooked, curved

Back 26

scoli/o

Front 27

prefix for between

Back 27

inter -

Front 28

suffix for weakness

Back 28

-asthenia

Front 29

inflammation of a tendon

Back 29

tendinitis

Front 30

muscle weakness

Back 30

myasthenia

Front 31

abnormal curve of the spine

Back 31

scoliosis

Front 32

pain in the fibrous tissue and muscles

Back 32

fibromyalgia

Front 33

a malignant tumor of the bone

Back 33

osteosarcoma

Front 34

an abnormal enlargement of the joint
at the base of the great toe

Back 34

bunion

Front 35

abnormal loss of bone density

Back 35

osteoporosis

Front 36

a group of hereditary diseases characterized by
muscle degeneration and weakness

Back 36

muscular dystrophy

Front 37

painful compression of a nerve in the wrist

Back 37

carpal tunnel syndrome

Front 38

a disease in which an excessive amount
of uric acid in the blood causes
sodium crystals to be
deposited in to the joints

Back 38

gout

Front 39

surgical breaking of the bone

Back 39

osteoclasis

Front 40

visual examination of a joint

Back 40

arthroscopy

Front 41

diagnostic term that means
the surgical puncture of a
joint to aspirate fluid

Back 41

arthrocentesis

Front 42

pertaining to below the ribs

Back 42

subcostal

Front 43

pertaining to the wrist

Back 43

carpal

Front 44

a specialist who treats and diagnoses
foot diseases and disorders,
such as corns and ingrown toenails

Back 44

podiatrist

Front 45

a system of therapy that consists of
manipulation of the vertebral column

Back 45

chiropractic

Front 46

a physician who studies and treats
disease and abnormalities of
the musculoskeletal system

Back 46

orthopedist

Front 47

the branch of medicine dealing with the
study and treatment of diseases and
abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system

Back 47

orthopedics

Front 48

a record of the electrical
activity in a skeletal muscle

Back 48

EMG

Front 49

abbreviation for the first vertebra in the neck

Back 49

C1

Front 50

a group of hereditary diseases
characterized by degeneration
of muscle and weakness

Back 50

muscular dystrophy