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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