WORD PARTS
MY/O
What combing form means muscle?
flexion
What term means decreasing the angle at a joint?
Myolysis
What term means the breaking down of muscle tissue?
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?
What term means inflammation of several voluntary muscles?
Myofascial release
What term is a soft-tissue manipulation used to ease pain?
Quadripelgia
What term means paralysis of all four extremities?
-plegia
What suffix means paralysis?
Tendon
What attaches a muscle to bone or to another muscle?
Myoclonus
What term means quick, involuntary jerking of a muscle or group of muscles?
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
Hypotonia
What term refers to a condition in which there is diminished skeletal muscle tone?
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
What term means a ring-like muscle
Singultus
What term is also known as hiccups?
Tenolysis
What procedure means the release of a tendon from adhesions?
Torticollis
What term is also known as wryneck or stiff neck?