Medical Terminology Skeletal System

Front 1

Name the four types of bones

Back 1

Long bones, short bones, flat bones and irregular bones

Front 2

Name a long bone

Back 2

femur, fibula

Front 3

Name a short bone

Back 3

carpal, metatarsal

Front 4

Name a flat bone

Back 4

skull

Front 5

Name an irregular bone

Back 5

vertebra

Front 6

por(o)

Back 6

passage, pore

Front 7

-clasis

Back 7

breaking

Front 8

meniscus

Back 8

one of two crescent-shaped cartilages in the knee (medial and lateral)

Front 9

describe the first stage of fracture healing

Back 9

haematoma forms at ends of broken bones and tissues surrounding them.

Front 10

Describe the second stage of fracture healing

Back 10

macrophages (white cells) accumulate and ingest bacteria and debris from the fracture

Front 11

Describe the third stage of fracture healing

Back 11

new tissue and blood cells are created

Front 12

Describe the fourth stage of fracture healing

Back 12

new bone tissue bridges the gap created by the fracture

Front 13

Describe the final stage of fracture healing

Back 13

healing helped by osteoblasts which shape the new bone

Front 14

Name the four types of fractures:

Back 14

single, hairline, compression, greenstick

Front 15

Name the three types of joints

Back 15

immovable, slightly movable, freely movable

Front 16

what is another name for a freely movable joint?

Back 16

synovial joint

Front 17

Name an immovable joint

Back 17

skull

Front 18

Name a slightly movable joint

Back 18

vertebrae

Front 19

Name a synovial joint

Back 19

knee, wrist

Front 20

-desis

Back 20

fixation / bind together by surgery

Front 21

synovi(o)

Back 21

synovial membrane / fluid / joint

Front 22

What is the spinal column made up of?

Back 22

Vertebrae - cervical (neck), thoracic (ribs) and lumbar (lower back)
Sacrum - made of five fused vertebrae attached to pelvis
Coccyx - fused vertebrae, has no purpose

Front 23

Spondyl(o_

Back 23

vertebra or vertebral column

Front 24

kyphosis

Back 24

abnormally curved spine commonly called hunch/hump back

Front 25

scoliosis

Back 25

lateral (side to side) curvature of spine

Front 26

lordosis

Back 26

forward curvature of spine

Front 27

BM(T)

Back 27

Bone Marrow (Transplant)

Front 28

C1-7

Back 28

Cervical vertebrae 1-7

Front 29

CDH

Back 29

congenital disclocation of hip

Front 30

Fx or #

Back 30

Fracture

Front 31

L1-5

Back 31

Lumbar vertebrae 1-5

Front 32

OA

Back 32

osteoarthritis

Front 33

PID

Back 33

prolapsed intervertebral disc

Front 34

RA

Back 34

rheumatoid arthritis

Front 35

T1-12

Back 35

thoracic vertebrae

Front 36

THR

Back 36

total hip replacement

Front 37

ankylosis

Back 37

stiffness or fixation of a joint

Front 38

rheumatoid arthritis

Back 38

chronic, idiopathic, inflammation of joint characterised by nodules

Front 39

ankylosing spondylitis

Back 39

condition, mainly in young males, where spine becomes fixed and often curved

Front 40

osteoarthritis

Back 40

degenerative condition affecting the articular cartilage of a joint

Front 41

bursa

Back 41

small sac lined by synovial membrane containing synovial fluid

Front 42

callus

Back 42

new bone produced at site of a fracture

Front 43

genu valgum

Back 43

knock knees

val-GUM "gum sticks knees together"

Front 44

genu varum

Back 44

bow legs

va-RUM - red rum, horseriding = bow legs

Front 45

hallux valgus

Back 45

bunion

Front 46

hallux

Back 46

big toe

Front 47

pollux

Back 47

thumb

Front 48

Paget's disease

Back 48

disease causing bones to become thicker

Front 49

prepatellar bursa

Back 49

housemaid's knee (inflammation of burse in front of knee cap)

Front 50

sequestrum

Back 50

dead bone

Front 51

talus

Back 51

ankle bone

Front 52

torticollis

Back 52

wryneck (contraction of muscle causing head to sit at angle, face over one shoulder)

Front 53

ambulatory

Back 53

capacity to work

Front 54

Bell's palsy

Back 54

facial paralysis due to injury of facial nerves

Front 55

extensor

Back 55

muscle causing extension of part of the body

Front 56

flexor

Back 56

muscle causing bending of part of the body

Front 57

Humerous

Back 57

top bone of the arm

Front 58

Radial

Back 58

outer bone of lower arm

Front 59

ulna

Back 59

inner bone of lower arm

Front 60

Tibia

Back 60

inner bone of lower leg

Front 61

fibula

Back 61

outer bone of lower leg

Front 62

carpals

Back 62

hand bones

Front 63

tarsals

Back 63

foot bones

Front 64

patella

Back 64

knee

Front 65

name the bones of the female pelvis

Back 65

Ilium - wing like bones

os sacrum (middle tube bit)

arcus pubis (arch at bottom of pelvis)

Front 66

Name the bones of the male pelvis

Back 66

Ilium (wing like bits)

sacrum (middle tube bit)

os pubis (joins sacrum to ilium)

foramen obturatum (hole in the bottom of the ilium)

ischium (bottom point of the pelvis)