Question

1. pectus excavatum is more commonly referred to as:

○ cervical ribs
○ pigeon or bird breast
○ sunken chest
○ sway back

1. osteomyelitis literally means:

○ spinal cord/brain/inflamed
○ bone/marrow/inflamed
○ bone/blood/inflamed
○ cell/muscle/inflamed

Explanation:

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Pectus excavatum is a chest wall deformity where the sternum is sunken. "Cervical ribs" are extra ribs at the neck, "pigeon or bird breast" is pectus carinatum (protruding chest), and "sway back" is a spinal issue. So the correct term for pectus excavatum is sunken chest.

The word "Osteomyelitis" is broken down: "osteo-" means bone, "myelo-" means marrow, and "-itis" means inflammation. So it literally means bone/marrow/inflamed.

Answer:

C. sunken chest (assuming the options are labeled, but from the choices, the correct one is "sunken chest")

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