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Muscular System Combining Forms

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The combining form 'fibr/o' refers to ______.

a)

Fibers

b)

Muscle

c)

Movement

d)

Fibrous band

2.

What is the meaning of the combining form 'kinesi/o'?

a)

Muscle

b)

Movement

c)

Fibers

d)

Fibrous band

3.

Fill in the blank: The combining form 'my/o' refers to ______.

a)

Fibers

b)

Muscle

c)

Movement

d)

Fibrous band

4.

What does the combining form 'ankyl/o' mean?

a)

Joint

b)

Stiff joint

c)

Sac

d)

Neck

5.

Fill in the blank: The combining form 'arthr/o' refers to a ______.

a)

A) Sac

b)

B) Wrist

c)

C) Joint

d)

D) Neck

6.

What is the meaning of the combining form 'articul/o'?

a)

Wrist

b)

Neck

c)

Joint

d)

Sac

7.

Fill in the blank: The combining form 'burs/o' means ______.

a)

A) Sac

b)

B) Stiff joint

c)

C) Neck

d)

D) Wrist

8.

Fill in the blank: The combining form 'cervic/o' is related to the ______.

a)

Wrist

b)

Neck

c)

Sac

d)

Joint

9.

What does the combining form 'chondr/o' refer to?

a)

Skull

b)

Rib

c)

Cartilage

d)

Clavicle

10.

What is the meaning of the combining form 'femor/o'?

a)

Fibula

b)

Femur

c)

Humerus

d)

Ilium

11.

The combining form 'humer/o' refers to which bone?

a)

Ilium

b)

Ischium

c)

Humerus

d)

Hump

12.

The combining form 'orth/o' refers to ______.

a)

Bone

b)

Straight

c)

Metacarpals

d)

Patella

13.

What does the combining form 'oste/o' refer to?

a)

A) Bone

b)

B) Patella

c)

C) Metatarsals

d)

D) Bone marrow

14.

What is the meaning of the combining form 'ped/o'?

a)

Pelvis

b)

Foot

c)

Pubis

d)

Radius

15.

The combining form 'radi/o' refers to which part of the body?

a)

Foot

b)

Pelvis

c)

Radius

d)

Phalanges

16.

What is the combining form for 'sacrum'?

a)

scapul/o

b)

sacr/o

c)

stern/o

d)

synovi/o

17.

Fill in the blank: The combining form for 'vertebrae' is ______.

a)

stern/o

b)

synovi/o

c)

spondyl/o

d)

scoli/o

18.

Which combining form refers to the synovial membrane?

a)

tars/o

b)

thorac/o

c)

synov/o

d)

tibi/o

19.

What does the suffix '-blast' mean?

a)

slipping

b)

porous

c)

immature, embryonic

d)

stabilize, fuse.

20.

The suffix '-clasia' means ______.

a)

to break surgically

b)

porous

c)

slipping

d)

stabilize, fuse

21.

Which suffix means 'stabilize, fuse'?

a)

-porosis

b)

-desis

c)

-listhesis

d)

-blast

22.

The suffix '-listhesis' refers to ______.

a)

A) porous

b)

B) slipping

c)

C) immature, embryonic

d)

D) to break surgically.

23.

What is the meaning of the suffix '-porosis'?

a)

slipping

b)

porous

c)

stabilize, fuse

d)

to break surgically

24.

What does the term 'bursectomy' mean?

a)

Inflammation of bursa

b)

Surgical removal of bursa

c)

Softening of cartilage

d)

Cartilage tumor

25.

Fill in the blank: 'Chondromalacia' refers to the ______ of cartilage.

a)

Surgical removal

b)

Inflammation

c)

Softening

d)

Repair

26.

Fill in the blank: 'Chondroplasty' refers to the ______ of cartilage.

a)

Surgical removal

b)

Inflammation

c)

Softening

d)

Surgical repair

27.

What does the suffix '-asthenia' mean?

a)

Movement

b)

Weakness

c)

Tone

d)

Strength

28.

The suffix '-kinesia' refers to ______.

a)

Weakness

b)

Tone

c)

Movement

d)

Balance

29.

Which of the following suffixes means 'tone'?

a)

-asthenia

b)

-kinesia

c)

-tonia

d)

-phobia

30.

What does the prefix 'ab-' mean?

a)

towards

b)

away from

c)

around

d)

inside

31.

Fill in the blank: The prefix 'ad-' means ______.

a)

away from

b)

towards

c)

around

d)

inside

32.

Which prefix means 'around'?

a)

ab-

b)

ad-

c)

circum-

d)

intra-

33.

What does the term 'fasciitis' mean?

a)

Pertaining to fascia

b)

Inflammation of fascia

c)

Incision into fascia

d)

Study of movement.

34.

Fill in the blank: 'Kinesiology' is the study of ______.

a)

fascia

b)

inflammation

c)

movement

d)

incision

35.

What does the suffix '-ar' mean in medical terminology?

a)

A) Inflammation

b)

B) Pertaining to muscles

c)

C) Many

d)

D) Muscle

36.

Fill in the blank: The term 'polymyositis' refers to the ______ of many muscles.

a)

healing

b)

inflammation

c)

growth

d)

reduction

37.

What does the medical term 'myalgia' mean?

a)

A) Muscle weakness

b)

B) Muscle pain

c)

C) Muscle disease

d)

D) Muscle rupture