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Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs inhibit a substance that triggers inflammation.

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Calcium supplements help prevent osteoporosis.

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Infection of the bone and bone marrow is called


A) osteomyelitis.
B) muscular dystrophy.
C) spondylitis.
D) arthritis.
E) dysarthritis.

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Bone resorption inhibitors


A) prevent hypocalcemia.
B) treat rheumatoid arthritis.
C) suppress inflammation.
D) strengthen bone affected by osteoporosis.
E) decrease inflammation of bones.

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Match the medical words with their definitions. -lameness, limping


A) ankylosis
B) chondrosarcoma
C) claudication
D) comminuted
E) Ewing sarcoma
F) ganglion cyst
G) gout
H) greenstick fracture
I) Heberden nodes
J) hemarthrosis
K) hypotonia
L) kyphosis
M) muscular dystrophy
N) myasthenia gravis
O) necrosis
P) osteoporosis
Q) phantom limb
R) prosthesis
S) rickets
T) scoliosis
U) sequestrectomy
V) sequestrum
W) spondylolisthesis
X) spondylosis
Y) subluxation
Z) talipes

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An autoimmune disease of joint tissue in which the patient's antibodies attack cartilage and connective tissue is called


A) osteoporosis.
B) rheumatoid arthritis.
C) kyphosis.
D) osteitis deformans.
E) fibrosarcoma.

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A segment of necrosed bone is called


A) subluxation.
B) rickets.
C) sequestrum.
D) rachitis.
E) necropsy.

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Match the combining forms with their meanings. -clavicle (collar bone)


A) ankyl/o
B) arthr/o
C) brachi/o
D) carp/o
E) cephal/o
F) cervic/o
G) chondr/o
H) clavicul/o
I) cost/o
J) crani/o
K) dactyl/o
L) kyph/o
M) lamin/o
N) leiomy/o
O) metacarp/o
P) my/o
Q) myel/o
R) orth/o
S) oste/o
T) patell/o
U) pod/o
V) rhabd/o
W) rhabdomy/o
X) scoli/o
Y) stern/o
Z) thorac/o

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Match the medical words with their definitions. -congenital deformity of the foot, which is pulled downward and laterally to the side


A) ankylosis
B) chondrosarcoma
C) claudication
D) comminuted
E) Ewing sarcoma
F) ganglion cyst
G) gout
H) greenstick fracture
I) Heberden nodes
J) hemarthrosis
K) hypotonia
L) kyphosis
M) muscular dystrophy
N) myasthenia gravis
O) necrosis
P) osteoporosis
Q) phantom limb
R) prosthesis
S) rickets
T) scoliosis
U) sequestrectomy
V) sequestrum
W) spondylolisthesis
X) spondylosis
Y) subluxation
Z) talipes

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Match the combining forms with their meanings. -foot


A) ankyl/o
B) arthr/o
C) brachi/o
D) carp/o
E) cephal/o
F) cervic/o
G) chondr/o
H) clavicul/o
I) cost/o
J) crani/o
K) dactyl/o
L) kyph/o
M) lamin/o
N) leiomy/o
O) metacarp/o
P) my/o
Q) myel/o
R) orth/o
S) oste/o
T) patell/o
U) pod/o
V) rhabd/o
W) rhabdomy/o
X) scoli/o
Y) stern/o
Z) thorac/o

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Match the medical words with their definitions. -stiffening and immobility of a joint


A) ankylosis
B) chondrosarcoma
C) claudication
D) comminuted
E) Ewing sarcoma
F) ganglion cyst
G) gout
H) greenstick fracture
I) Heberden nodes
J) hemarthrosis
K) hypotonia
L) kyphosis
M) muscular dystrophy
N) myasthenia gravis
O) necrosis
P) osteoporosis
Q) phantom limb
R) prosthesis
S) rickets
T) scoliosis
U) sequestrectomy
V) sequestrum
W) spondylolisthesis
X) spondylosis
Y) subluxation
Z) talipes

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Which CF means rod-shaped (striated) muscle?


A) chondr/o
B) rhabdomy/o
C) myel/o
D) tendin/o
E) leiomy/o

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A closed reduction uses surgical techniques to realign fractured bones.

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Use arthr/o to build a word that means inflammation of a joint:

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Which medication reduces inflammation and moderate pain?


A) Aspirin
B) Calcium citrate
C) Antibiotics
D) Muscle relaxants
E) Calcium carbonate

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Which surgical procedure replaces a hip joint damaged by arthritis?


A) EMG
B) THR
C) HD
D) MG
E) DEXA

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In which type of fracture does the bone injure another organ, such as a broken rib piercing a lung?


A) Closed
B) Impacted
C) Complicated
D) Incomplete
E) Compound

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Paget disease is also known as osteitis deformans.

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An abnormal, inward curvature of the lower portion of the spine is called


A) scoliosis.
B) C-shaped curvature.
C) kyphosis.
D) humpback.
E) lordosis.

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Build a word that means softening of cartilage:

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