Skeletal Med Term Quiz

What is the term for the softening of bone?

• Osteitis

• Osteoma

• Osteomalacia

• Osteocyte

Which term refers to the inflammation of cartilage?

• Chondritis

• Chondrocyte

• Chondralgia

• Chondromalacia

What is the medical term for the inflammation of a joint?

• Arthritis

• Arthroplasty

• Arthroscopy

• Arthralgia

What is the term for the softening of cartilage?

• Chondritis

• Chondroma

• Chondromalacia

• Chondrocyte

What is the term for a type of cancer that affects plasma cells found inside the bone marrow?

• Arthroma

• Osteoma

• Chondroma

• Myeloma

What is the term for the inflammation of a tendon?

• Tendonitis

• Tenorrhaphy

• Tenosynovial tumor

• Tenoplasty

What is the term for a pain in a muscle?

• Myasthenia

• Myocarditis

• Myalgia

• Myositis

What is the term for a 'bag' that acts as a shock absorber between tendons and bones?

• Tendon

• Bursa

• Ligament

• Cartilage

What is the term for a muscle tumor?

• Myoma

• Myositis

• Myocarditis

• Myalgia

What is the medical terminology root word that means skull?

• crani/o

• skull/o

• cephal/o

• cereb/o