HSC 201 Ch.4

A test to ultimately establish the diagnosis of osteomalacia is __________.

A bone biopsy

BMD

A diagnostic test for osteoporosis

Whiplash is __________.

A group of symptoms caused by sudden uncontrolled extension and fixation of the neck

ERT

A treatment for osteoporosis

In the word metacarpal, what does the prefix mean?

After

You are the medical transcriptionist working for Dr. Susan Lee, a Primary Care Physician at the Fulwood Medical Center. Because of the nature of her practice, many of Dr. Lee's patients need referrals to specialists for specific treatment Dr. Lee cannot provide. Dr. Lee needs to refer Mr. Hank Johnson to a specialist for consideration of a hip replacement. Which of the following pain relieving medications could Mr. Lee obtain without prescription

Aleve

You are the medical transcriptionist working for Dr. Susan Lee, a Primary Care Physician at the Fulwood Medical Center. Because of the nature of her practice, many of Dr. Lee's patients need referrals to specialists for specific treatment Dr. Lee cannot provide. Dr. Lee needs to refer Mr. Hank Johnson to a specialist for consideration of a hip replacement. What are this patient's complaints

All of these

What does the prefix in the term periosteum mean?

Around

A treatment for bursitis is __________.

Aspiration of the bursa sac

The death of bone tissue when the blood supply is cut off (usually as a result of trauma) is called __________.

Avascular necrosis

In the term osteomyelitis, what does the root myel refer to?

Bone Marrow

Comminuted

Bone is broken into multiple pieces

What is the definition of dislocation?

Bones are completely out of the joint

Inflammation of the synovial sacs of fluid that surround a joint is called __________.

Bursitis

PO

By mouth

What type of fracture occurs when the bone is broken but the skin is not broken?

Closed

A common fracture of the radius just above the wrist joint is called a ________________ fracture.

Colles

BMD is used along with ______ to diagnose osteoporosis.

DEXA scan

TMJ

Describes a joint found in the axial skeleton

ACL

Describes a structure found in the knee

Oblique Fracture

Diagonal across the long axis of the bone

In the word meniscectomy, what does the suffix mean?

Excision

A Pott fracture is one in which there is a fracture of the __________.

Fibula, near the ankle

FDA

Food and Drug Administration - Approves use of medications in the United States

Pathological Fracture

Fracture due to pre-existing bone disease

What is the most common fracture in elderly women with osteoporosis?

Fracture of the neck of the femur

Choose the statement the correctly describes the condition achondroplasia.

Genetic condition which leads to a form of dwarfism

The term comminuted fracture refers to a bone that ___________.

Is broken into pieces

An exaggerated posterior curve of the thoracic vertebrae is a condition called __________.

Kyphosis

Which element means foot?

Pod-

The suffix in the word detoxification means __________.

Remove

Meaning of the element -old

Resembling

Ethmoid

Resembling a sieve

Sphenoid

Resembling a wedge; wedge-shaped bone at the base of the skull

Spiral Fracture

Shaped like a coil

Open Fracture

Skin over the fracture is broken

An incomplete disc location is termed _____________.

Subluxation

Carpal tunnel syndrome develops as a result of inflammation and swelling of _____ in the wrist.

Tendon sheaths

In a green stick fracture, what has occurred to the bone?

The bone is partially fractured, with one side broken and the other bent

In the term scoliosis, the root means __________.

crooked

Osteopenia

decreased calcification of bone

DO

doctor of osteopathy - treats patients by placing importance structural integrity of the musculoskeletal system

The abbreviation fx stands for __________.

fracture

Osteomyelitis

inflammation of bone and bone marrow

Transverse Fracture

is at right angles to the long axis of the bone

Osteopenia is the medical term for __________.

low bone density

Osteogenic sarcoma

malignant tumor arising from bone

The medical term chondrosarcoma means __________.

malignant tumor originating in cartilage cells

OA

osteoarthritis - inflammation of the joints due to the breakdown of cartilage

Linear Fracture

parallel to the long axis of the bone

Osteomalacia

soft, flexible bones lacking in calcium (rickets)

You are the medical transcriptionist working for Dr. Susan Lee, a Primary Care Physician at the Fulwood Medical Center. Because of the nature of her practice, many of Dr. Lee's patients need referrals to specialists for specific treatment Dr. Lee cannot provide. Dr. Lee needs to refer Mr. Hank Johnson to a specialist for consideration of a hip replacement. Which abbreviation can be related to the patient's x-rays?

L1-L5

In what condition is the normal forward curvature of the lumbar spine exaggerated?

Lordosis

A pathologic fracture means the fracture __________.

Occurs in an area of bone weakened by disease, such as cancer

Impacted fracture

One bone fragments is driven into the others

Green stick Fracture

One site of the bone is broken and the other side is bent

Heberden nodules are associated with which bone condition?

Osteoarthritis

Which of the following conditions is caused by the breakdown and eventual destruction of cartilage in a joint?

Osteoarthritis

You are the medical transcriptionist working for Dr. Susan Lee, a Primary Care Physician at the Fulwood Medical Center. Because of the nature of her practice, many of Dr. Lee's patients need referrals to specialists for specific treatment Dr. Lee cannot provide. Dr. Lee needs to refer Mr. Hank Johnson to a specialist for consideration of a hip replacement. Which term in this dictation can have an abbreviation submitted for it?

Osteoarthritis

Bone healing occurs in four steps. Which of the following steps of bone healing happens last?

Osteocytes develop, and then eventually the new bone fuses together the segments of the fracture

Incomplete bone formation, leading to fragile, easily broken bones, is called __________.

Osteogenesis imperfecta

Cancer that originates from bone cells is a __________.

Osteogenic sarcoma

The most common form of malignant bone tumor is ________

Osteogenic sarcoma

Inflammation of the bone and bone marrow is ________

Osteomyelitis

Which term represents a medical practice based on maintaining balance of the body?

Osteopathy

Name the disease that puts people at risk to develop osteoporosis.`

Osteopenia

The condition in which the bones become more porous, brittle, and fragile and are more likely to fracture is called __________.

Osteoporosis

The condition rheumatism is described as __________.

Pain in various parts of the musculoskeletal system

The word rickets means __________.

To twist

Compression Fracture

Type that often occurs in a vertebra

PET

Used to determine the presence of a sarcoma

BMD

bone mineral density - Diagnostic test that evaluates the presence of osteoporosis

Osteogenesis imperfecta

brittle bone disease; excessively brittle bones due to lack of protein, collagen