Word Parts
MY/O
What combining form means muscle?
flexion
What term means decreasing the angle at a joint?
plantar fasciitiss
What term means the inflammation of the plantar fascia?
myorrhaphy
What procedure is the surgical suturing of a muscle?
spasm
What term is sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle?
-CELE
What suffix means tumor, cyst, or hernia?
adduction
What term means movement toward the midline?
myalgia
What term means pain in a muscle?
myofascial release
What term is a soft-tissue manipulation used to ease pain?
quadraplegia
What term means paralysis of all four extremities?
-PLEGIA
What suffix means paralysis?
tendon
What attaches a muscle to bone or to another muscle?
fasciitis
What term means inflammation of a fascia?
fasciotomy
What procedure is a surgical incision through the fascia?
hyperkinesia
What term is also known as hyperactivity?
KINESI/O
What combining form means movement?
striated
What are also known as voluntary muscles?
epicondylitis
What term is also known as tennis elbow?
myotomy
What procedure is the surgical incision into a muscle?
intermittent claudication
What term means pain in the leg muscles during exercise?
TAX/O
What combining form means coordination?
sphincter
sdWhat term means a ring-like muscle?
singultus
What term is also known as hiccups?
tenorrhaphy
What procedure means suturing a tendon's divided ends?
torticollis
What term is also known as wryneck?