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PHS Medical Terminology - Skeletal

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Prefix meaning "to, toward, near"
a)
a-
b)
ab-
c)
ad-
d)
bi-
2.
The prefix "ab-" means:
a)
toward
b)
near
c)
away from
d)
without
3.
Spondyl/o means:
a)
vertebrae
b)
bone
c)
crooked
d)
broken
4.
The root word for "crooked, bent or stiff" is:
a)
scoli/o
b)
synovi/o
c)
spondyl/o
d)
ankyl/o
5.
The prefix "a-" or "an-" means:
a)
without, lack of
b)
away from
c)
toward
d)
cuved, bent
6.
The root word "chondr/i" or "chondr/o" means:
a)
cartilage
b)
arthritis
c)
joint
d)
rib
7.
The suffix "-um" means:
a)
setting free
b)
tie together
c)
singular noun ending
d)
none of these
8.
The root word for bone is:
a)
cost/o
b)
lord/o
c)
chondr/o
d)
oste/o
9.
The root word for curved, swayback or bent is:
a)
synovi/o
b)
lord/o
c)
scoli/o
d)
spondyl/o
10.
The suffix "-algia" means:
a)
pain
b)
cartilage
c)
crooked
d)
away from
11.
"Crani/o" means:
a)
rib
b)
skull
c)
pain
d)
joint
12.
The root word for bent or hump is:
a)
scoli/o
b)
lord/o
c)
kyph/o
d)
arthr/o
13.
"-lysis" means:
a)
toward, near
b)
away from
c)
curved, bent
d)
loosening, setting free
14.
The abbreviation OA means:
a)
osteoarthritis
b)
polymyalgia
c)
rheumatoid arthritis
d)
none of these
15.
The suffix "-desis" means:
a)
loosening, setting free
b)
bind, tie together
c)
crooked, bent
d)
without, lack of
16.
The root word for "rib" is:
a)
chondr/o
b)
cost/o
c)
arthr/o
d)
ankyl/o
17.
The abbreviation for fracture is:
a)
FR
b)
FX
c)
FA
d)
FC
18.
PMR stands for:
a)
polymyalgia rheumatica
b)
polycystic fibrosis
c)
painful myalgia
d)
none of these
19.
Rheumatoid arthritis is abbreviated by:
a)
AR
b)
PMR
c)
RA
d)
DA
20.
"Scoli/o" means:
a)
curved, bent
b)
crooked, stiff
c)
cartilage
d)
tie together
21.
Synovial membrane or fluid is the meaning for:
a)
scoli/o
b)
lord/o
c)
synovi/o
d)
synopsi/o
22.
"Arthr/o" means:
a)
pain
b)
curved
c)
bone
d)
joint