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Wk5 multi choice
Week 5 multple choice
Question | Answer |
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Spongy porous bone tissue is also called | Cancellous bone |
Outward extension of the shoulder bone is the | Acromion |
An opening or passageway in bones where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave is a | Foramen |
The projection of the temporal bone is the | Mastoid process |
A natural outgrowth, projection, or appendage: a process of a bone. | Process |
Knuckle-like process at the end of a bone is called a | Condyle |
Mandible, vomer, maxilla and zygomatic are all bones of the | Face |
Occipital, sphenoid, frontal, temporal and ethmoid are bones of the | Cranium |
The shaft of a long bone is called a(an) | Diaphysis |
Poor formation of bone is called | Osteodystrophy |
Slipping or subluxation of a vertebra is | Spondylolisthesis |
operation performed to relieve the symptoms of a slipped disk (Spondylolisthesis) | Laminectomy |
Lateral curvature of the spinal column | Scoliosis |
Vitamin D deficiency leads to softening bone, which is known as | Osteomalacia |
Pertaining to the upper arm bone | Humeral |
The shoulder bone is the | Scapula |
The smaller of the two lower leg bones is called the | Fibula |
Inflammation of bone and bone marrow is | Osteomyelitis |
Clubfoot | Talipes |
A splintered or crushed bone | Commuted fracture |
Surgical repair of a joint | Arthroplasty |
Condition of stiffening and immobility of a joint | Ankylosis |
Chronic inflammation of bones and joints due to degenerative changes in cartilage | Osteoarthritis |
Inflammation of joints caused by excessive uric acid accumulation | Gouty arthritis |
Malignant tumor of smooth muscle | Leiomyoma |
Wasting away of (no development) of muscle | Atrophy |