THE MUSCULOSKELETAL
SYSTEM-ORTHOPEDICS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND THEIR COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Choose the correct translation for the root ankyl/o.
- Arm
- Ankle
- Joint
- Stiff, bent
- Wrist
- Arm
- Ankle
- Joint
- Stiff, bent
- Wrist
- Femur
- Head, skull
- Loin, lower back
- Neck
- Vertebrate
- Femur 1 / 2
D Choose the correct translation for the root tars/o.
B Choose the correct translation for the root lumb/o.
C Choose the correct translation for the root femor/o.
- Head, skull
- Loin, lower back
- Neck
- Vertebrate
- burs/o
- cost/o
- fasci/o
- spondyl/o
- tax/o
- burs/o
- cost/o
- fasci/o
- spondyl/o
- tax/o
- ankyl/o
- brachi/o
- cost/o
- dactyl/o
- spondyl/o
- / 2
A Which of the following roots describes the fibrous connective tissue that binds muscles together?
C Which of the following roots describes the small fluid- filled sac found near the body's joints?
A Which of the following roots does NOT pertain to a bone?
A Which of the following roots refers to arrangement, order, coordination?