Medical Terminology Quiz

True or False. If a patient has a fracture of a rounded enlargement on the end of a bone, they have fractured a condyle.

True or False. Osteoclasts are bone destroying cells and Osteoblasts are bone forming cells.

True or False. Arthroscope is an instrument used to view a joint.

What does the term kyph/o- mean?

• straight

• hump

• soft

• pain

Which medical term means extremity?

• acr/o-

• at-

• arthr/o-

• lamin/o-

The definition of aplasia is..

• to walk

• joint pain

• without growth

• abnormally small head

Your friend Bill needs an arthroscopic procedure to perform a chondrectomy. What will they remove as part of this procedure?

• Bone tissue

• Nerve Tissue

• Cartilage tissue

• Bone Marrow Tissue

Margo has an intracranial osteoma. What does medical diagnosis does Margo have?

• Porous bones within the skull

• A bone fracture within the skull

• A brain tumor within the skull

• A bone tumor within the skull

Which term is pertaining to the porous conditions of bones?

• Osteoma

• Periosteum

• Osteomalacia

• Osteoporosis

Ashton is having a difficult time building cartilage in his bones. What cell type is most likely impaired

• Osteocyte

• Chondrocyte

• Lymphocyte

• Megakaryocyte