Medical Terminology - Orthopedics - Chapter 4

Rotation of the forearm until the palm faces DOWN is called __________.

• supination
• pronation
• flexion
• dorsiflexion

Mr. Swatter has a fly on his shoulder, the poor thing. He reaches his right hand over to his left shoulder to try and swat the fly. Which movement is occurring at his ELBOW joint?

• Extension

• Circumduction

• Flexion

• Supination

Straightening parts at a joint so the angle between them increases is

• flexion

• dorsiflexion

• extension

• rotation

Which of the following is NOT a type of muscle?

• smooth

• rough

• cardiac

• skeletal

This is a tissue that connects the ends of bones together to form a joint...joins bone to bone

• tendon

• nerve

• epithelial

• ligament

This tough band of connective tissue connects muscles to bones.

• ligament

• tendon

• cartilage

• femur

Spondyl/o means:

• vertebrae
• bone
• crooked
• broken

The root word "chondr/i" or "chondr/o" means:

• cartilage
• arthritis
• joint
• rib

The root word for curved, swayback or bent is:

• synovi/o
• lord/o
• scoli/o
• spondyl/o

"Scoli/o" means:

• curved, bent
• crooked, stiff
• cartilage
• tie together