Author: Anonymous

The roots staphyl/o, strept/o, and bacill/o refer to:  

Which of the following is a compound word?  

Which of the following is the best initial treatment choice for treatment of osteoporosis in healthy women? 

Osteocytes are:  

A 53 year old woman presents with complaints of morning stiffess in the neck and back. She has pelvic and shoulder pain along with fatigue. Her laboratory studies reveal elevated ESR, normal rheumatoid factor, normal creatinine and normochromic, normocytic anemia. Physical exam reveals a low-grade fever, bilateral pain and stiffness of the pectoral and pelvic muscles. Based on this information, the most appropriate diagnosis is:

A patient presents to your clinic 2 days after a collision during a softball game in which he fell on an outstretched right hand. He reports he could not continue playing and that his pain has not improved. He has some general edema around the wrist, poor grip strength secondary to pain, point tenderness over the volar prominence at the distal wrist crease. There is no obvious deformity and is neurovascularly intact. What is the most likely diagnosis for this patient?

The term suprapatellar means:  

A 65 year old female patient has her first DEXA scan to evaluate bone mass. Her T-Score comes back as -1.75. Given this T-Score, what is the diagnosis? 

The singular of paralyses is:  

Sepsis is caused by: