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Which disease is caused by a vitamin D deficiency?
A) rickets
Skeletal muscles may be named for all the following except?
D) Depth
The tibia is commonly referred to as the:
D) Shin bone
Which procedures examines the inside of a joint?
A) Arthroscopy
The type of movement a skeletal muscle produces is called its?
B) Action
An abnormal lateral curvature of the spine is called:
B) Scoliosis
Which of the following is a voluntary muscle?
B) Skeletal
Which type of bones is roughly as long as they are wide?
D) Short
In which type of fracture is the bone shattered?
A) Comminuted fracture
The dense and hard exterior surface bone is called
A) Compact bone
Which term means that the fracture is protruding through an open skin wound?
A) Compound fracture
The shaft of a long bone is called the:
A) Diaphysis
The opposite action from flexion is?
A) Extension
The external oblique muscle is named due to its?
A) Fiber direction
This condition is commonly called a ruptured disk?
A) Herniated nucleus pulposus
Braces or splints used to prevent or correct deformities are called:
A) Orthoics
The anatomical name of the knee cap is the:
A) Patella
Pointing the toes downward is called?
A) Plantar flexion
An example of a fibrous joint is the:
A) Skull sutures
Which type of muscle is also called visceral muscle?
A) Smooth
Which of the following bones is NOT part of the appendicular skeleton?
A) Sternum
Which of the following is the name for freely moving joints?
A) Synovial
The fibrous connective tissue that wraps muscle is called?
B) Fascia
Which of the following bones is NOT part of the skull?
B) Hyoid
The medical term for humpback is:
B) Kyphosis
Two bones are held together in a joint by?
B) Ligaments
Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of muscles found in the body?
B) Motor
Is a decrease in bone mass that results in a thinning and weakening of the bone?
B) Osteoporosis
Is the forward sliding of a lumbar vertebra over the vertebra below it.
B) Spondylolisthesis
Skeletal muscles are attached to bones by?
B) Tendons
Movement away from the midline of the body is called?
C) Abduction
Where would you NOT find smooth muscle?
C) Heart
Vertebrae are an example of what type of bone?
C) Irregular
Synovial joints are enclosed by an elastic:
C) Joint capsule
Which motion occurs at the thumb?
C) Opposition
Which type of fracture occurs because the bone is diseased or weakened?
C) Pathologic fracture
The ilium is part of the:
C) Pelvic girdle
A hallow bone cavity within a bone is called a:
C) Sinus
Turning the palm upward is called ?
C) Supination
Spina bifida is a congential anomaly that affects which bone?
C) Vertebrae
The end of a long bone is covered by:
D) Articular cartilage
The clavicle is commonly referred to as the:
D) Collar bone
Which of the following bony projections is smooth in order to articulate with another bone?
D) Condyle
The noise produced by bones or cartilage rubbing together is called:
D) Crepitation
Which of the following bones is NOT part of the axial skeleton?
D) Femur
Which type of fracture is commonly see in children?
D) Greenstick
When a skeletal muscle is attached to two bones, the bones, the more movable of the bones is considered to be where the muscle ends and is called its?
D) Insertion
Which surgical produce relieves pressure on a compressed spinal nerve?
D) Laminectomy
Which of the following bones is part of the axial skeleton?
D) Vertebrae