RMT Prep: Musculoskeletal System
- 1.Capitulum means
- A.
Small, rounded end of a bone
- B.
The shaft of a long bone
- 2.Diaphysis means
- A.
Resembling a pit or socket
- B.
The shaft of a long bone
- 3.A giant cell tumor
- A.
Is a bony outgrowth, usually branched in shape
- B.
Arises from the marrow of a long bone or from a tendon sheath
- 4.Glenoid means
- A.
Resembling a pit or socket
- B.
The bony process of the ulna at the elbow
- 5.The glenoid cavity is
- A.
Removal of tissue to form a shallow depression
- B.
A hallow socket in the head of the shoulder blade the receives the head of the humerus
- 6.Hemarthrosis is
- A.
The passage of blood into the cavity of a bony joint
- B.
The spotty osteoporosis of bone in posttraumatic states
- 7.Lamina is
- A.
A bony outgrowth, usually branched in shape
- B.
A thin, flat layer
- 8.Metaphysis is
- A.
A fusing together of two or more toes or fingers
- B.
A growth zone of a long bone between the epiphysis and diaphysis
- 9.Nucleus pulposus is
- A.
A semi-fluid cushion in the center of an intervertebral disk
- B.
A bonelike structure that develops on a bone or occasionally at another site
- 10.Olecranon is
- A.
A free-floating bone that resembles a grain of sesame in size and shape
- B.
A bony process of the ulna at the elbow
- 11.Ostectomy is
- A.
The surgical removal of dead bone
- B.
The excision or resection of bone
- 12.An osteoma
- A.
Arises from the marrow of a long bone or from a tendon sheath
- B.
Is a bonelike structure that develops on a bone or occasionally at another site
- 13.An osteophyte is
- A.
A bony outgrowth, usually branched in shape
- B.
A bone resembling a pit or socket
- 14.A rheumatologist is a
- A.
Physician who treats joint diseases
- B.
A physician who manipulates the spinal column
- 15.Polymyositis is
- A.
An inflammatory condition of muscular tissue in which an area of abnormal bone formation occurs
- B.
An inflammation of uncertain origin of several muscles at once
- 16.Saucerization is the
- A.
Removal of tissue to form a shallow depression
- B.
Removal of synovial membrane lining a joint capsule
- 17.Sequestrectomy is the
- A.
Surgical removal of dead bone
- B.
Removal of synovial membrane lining a joint capsule
- 18.Sesamoid means
- A.
A free-floating bone that resembles a grain of sesame in size and shape
- B.
Resembling a pit or socket
- 19.Sudeck's atrophy is
- A.
The complete or incomplete separation of a portion of joint cartilage form underlying bone
- B.
Spotty osteoporosis of bone in posttraumatic states
- 20.Syndactylism is a
- A.
Hollow back; convexity of spine
- B.
Fusing together of two or more toes or fingers
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