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WorksheetsMedical Terminology
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of dislocation?
a)
injury or disability caused when the normal position of a joint or other part of the body is disturbed.
b)
disturbance from a proper, original, or usual place or state.
c)
a displacement of part of a crystal lattice structure.
d)
disruption of an established order
2.
What is a slight misalignment of the vertebrae, regarded in chiropractic theory as the cause of many health problems?
a)
conjunction
b)
tendonitis
c)
subluxation
d)
convection
3.
What is the scientific term for bruise?
a)
allocation
b)
blood clot
c)
contusion
d)
eradication
4.
What is a wrench or twist the ligaments of (an ankle, wrist, or other joint) violently so as to cause pain and swelling but not dislocation?
a)
Fracture
b)
Muscle Misalignment
c)
Pulled Hamstring
d)
Sprain
5.
What is a force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree?
a)
Minor Contusion
b)
Strain
c)
Muscle Cramp
d)
Dystonia
6.
What is the cracking or breaking of a bone?
a)
Fracture
b)
Compression Injury
c)
Osteoporosis
d)
Shattered Growth Plate
7.
What is the term for a bone that has pierced through the skin?
a)
Fracture
b)
Subluxation
c)
Compound Fracture
d)
Stress Fracture
8.
What does an athlete undergo when they experience a temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. The term is also used loosely of the aftereffects such as confusion or temporary incapacity?
a)
Brain Contusion
b)
Blood Clot
c)
Meningitis
d)
Concussion
9.
What is the anatomical term for pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates?
a)
Cartilage
b)
Bone
c)
Adipose
d)
Elastic Cartilage
10.
What connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint?
a)
Ligament
b)
Connective Tissue
c)
Tendon
d)
Fibroblasts
11.
What is a cord of tissue that attaches the end of a muscle to a bone or other part of the body?
a)
Adductor
b)
Ligament
c)
Disk
d)
Tendon
12.
What is a band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body?
a)
Epithelial Tissue
b)
Nervous Tissue
c)
Muscle
d)
Contraction
13.
What is a tough flexible tissue that makes up most of the skeleton of vertebrates during early development and except for in a few places in the body (as the nose or outer ear) is replaced by bone?
a)
Bone
b)
Cartilage
c)
Drum
d)
Ligament
14.
What is a tissue that connects, supports, binds, or separates other tissues or organs, typically having relatively few cells embedded in an amorphous matrix, often with collagen or other fibers, and including cartilaginous, fatty, and elastic tissues?
a)
Adipose Tissue
b)
Areolar Tissue
c)
Blood
d)
Connective Tissue
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