Download NERVOUS SYSTEM: MATCHING EXERCISE

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
MATCHING EXERCISES KEY
ANATOMICAL TERMS
1. sternum
2. coccyx
3. metacarpals
4. patella
5.tarsals
6. ulna
7. synovia
8. xiphoid process
9. epiphysis
10. periosteum
h. breastbone
j. tailbone
g. hand bones
i. kneecap
c. anklebones
a. lower arm bone
f. fluid in joint cavities
d. lowest portion of sternum
e. end portion of long bone
b. fibrous membrane around bone
1. collarbone
2. neck bones
3. upper arm bone
4. top of skull
5. shoulderblade
6. lower leg bones
7. lower arm bones
8. finger and toe bones
9. small fluid-filled sac
10. wrist bones
j. clavicle
i. cervical vertebrae
h. humerus
g. cranium
f. scapula
e. tibia, fibula
d. ulna and radius
c. phalanges
b. bursa
a. carpals
1. bone shaft
2. hard layer of bone tissue
3. fibrous membrane around bone
4. found in bone cavities
5. lining of bone cavity
6. ends of bones
7. contains little space
b. diaphysis
e. compact bone
g. periosteum
a. marrow
c. endosteum
d. epiphysis
f. cancellous bone
Vertebral column
1. first set of seven bones (neck)
2. next twelve vertebrae (ribs)
3. nest five vertebrae (inward curve of the
spine)
4. next four vertebrae (fuse together)
5. bottom five vertebrae (tail bone)
e. cervical
d. thoracic
b. lumbar vertebrae
a. sacrum
c. coccyx
DIRECTIONAL TERMS
1. cephalic
2. dorsal
d. superior
c. posterior
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
3. caudal
4. ventral recumbent
5. ventral
6. proximal
7. lateral decubitus
8. adduction
9. dorsiflexion
10. supine
j. inferior
e. prone
f. anterior
h. towards beginning of structure
i. lying on the side
g. movement towards body
b. bending foot upward
a. dorsal recumbent
1. straightening at joint
2. turning inward
3. turning around axis
4. bending at joint
5. from front to back
6. from back to front
7. away from the beginning point
8. vertical division into right and left
9. towards the middle
10. movement away from the body
h. extension
f. inversion
a. rotation
b. flexion
i. anterior-posterior
c. posterior-anterior
j. distal
g. sagittal plane
d. medial
e. abduction
SYMPTOMATIC AND DIAGNOSTIC TERMS
a. abnormal lateral curvature
b. inflammation of a bone
c. bone tumor
d. bone death
e. abnormal posterior curvature
f. inflammation of bone marrow and bone
g. abnormal anterior curvature
h. muscle pain
i. inflammation of a joint
j. pain in a bone
8. scoliosis
7. osteitis
9. osteoma
10. osteonecrosis
4. kyphosis
5. osteomyelitis
6. lordosis
1. myodynia
3. arthritis
2. ostealgia
1. spondylolisthesis
2. subluxation
3. arthropathy
4. arthrolith
5. myoma
6. myelodysplasia
7. leiomyosarcoma
8. arthrodysplasia
9. myeloma
10. myelogenic
g. forward slipping of a lumbar vertebra
e. partial dislocation
a. any joint disease
j. calculus in a joint
f. muscle tumor
b. abnormal development of spinal cord
h. malignant smooth muscle tumor
i. defective joint development
d. bone marrow tumor
c. related to the production of bone
marrow