Chapter 6: Musculoskeletal System Self-
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Answers 2026-2027 Edition.
In the context of the musculoskeletal system, the word part Mento- means:
(a) chin
(b) muscle
(c) mandible
(d) jaw - Answer (a) chin
______ is an abnormal anterior concave curvature of the spine and is referred to as swayback.
(a) Kyphosis
(b) Lordosis
(c) Scoliosis
(d) Spondylolisthesis - Answer (b) Lordosis
A group of myofilaments make up:
(a) myofibril
(b) endomysium
(c) muscle fiber bundle
(d) perimysium - Answer (a) myofibril
Stress fractures are also referred to as:
(a) double fractures
(b) greenstick fractures
(c) fatigue fractures
(d) compound fractures - Answer (c) fatigue fractures
The lungs and heart are found in the:
(a) thoracic cavity
(b) abdominal cavity
(c) pelvic cavity
(d) spinal cavity - Answer (a) thoracic cavity
, The combining forms or terms that literally mean "rib" are:
(a) and trachel/o-
(b) ili/o- and ile/o-
(c) cost/o and pleuro-
(d) carp/o- and tars/o- - Answer (c) cost/o and pleuro-
The combining word forms that refer to the "spine, vertebral column, and/or vertebra" are:
(a) radi/o- and trachel/o-
(b) skelet/o- and ile/o-
(c) rachi/o- and spondyl/o-
(d) rect/o and tars/o- - Answer (c) rachi/o- and spondyl/o-
The term that means cartilage swelling or cartilage tumor is:
(a) chondroma
(b) tendoma
(c) atheroma
(d) customa - Answer (a) chondroma
The diagnostic term that literally means "inflamed joint" is:
(a) aponeur/itis
(b) tendin/itis
(c) burs/itis
(d) arthr/itis - Answer (d) arthr/itis
The medical term burs/itis literally means:
(a) cartilage inflamed
(b) meniscus inflamed
(c) sac inflamed
(d) tendon inflamed - Answer (c) sac inflamed
The term "Ankylosis" literally means:
(a) developing cell/state of
(b) crooked, stiff, bent/condition
(c) movement, motion/illness
(d) bone marrow/disease - Answer (b) crooked, stiff, bent/condition
Test Questions With 100% Correctly Solved
Answers 2026-2027 Edition.
In the context of the musculoskeletal system, the word part Mento- means:
(a) chin
(b) muscle
(c) mandible
(d) jaw - Answer (a) chin
______ is an abnormal anterior concave curvature of the spine and is referred to as swayback.
(a) Kyphosis
(b) Lordosis
(c) Scoliosis
(d) Spondylolisthesis - Answer (b) Lordosis
A group of myofilaments make up:
(a) myofibril
(b) endomysium
(c) muscle fiber bundle
(d) perimysium - Answer (a) myofibril
Stress fractures are also referred to as:
(a) double fractures
(b) greenstick fractures
(c) fatigue fractures
(d) compound fractures - Answer (c) fatigue fractures
The lungs and heart are found in the:
(a) thoracic cavity
(b) abdominal cavity
(c) pelvic cavity
(d) spinal cavity - Answer (a) thoracic cavity
, The combining forms or terms that literally mean "rib" are:
(a) and trachel/o-
(b) ili/o- and ile/o-
(c) cost/o and pleuro-
(d) carp/o- and tars/o- - Answer (c) cost/o and pleuro-
The combining word forms that refer to the "spine, vertebral column, and/or vertebra" are:
(a) radi/o- and trachel/o-
(b) skelet/o- and ile/o-
(c) rachi/o- and spondyl/o-
(d) rect/o and tars/o- - Answer (c) rachi/o- and spondyl/o-
The term that means cartilage swelling or cartilage tumor is:
(a) chondroma
(b) tendoma
(c) atheroma
(d) customa - Answer (a) chondroma
The diagnostic term that literally means "inflamed joint" is:
(a) aponeur/itis
(b) tendin/itis
(c) burs/itis
(d) arthr/itis - Answer (d) arthr/itis
The medical term burs/itis literally means:
(a) cartilage inflamed
(b) meniscus inflamed
(c) sac inflamed
(d) tendon inflamed - Answer (c) sac inflamed
The term "Ankylosis" literally means:
(a) developing cell/state of
(b) crooked, stiff, bent/condition
(c) movement, motion/illness
(d) bone marrow/disease - Answer (b) crooked, stiff, bent/condition
