Word Parts
Anatomy
Pathology
Procedures
Hodge
100
MY/O
What combining form means muscle?
100
flexion
What term means decreasing the angle at a joint?
100
myorrhexis
What term means the rupture or tearing of muscle tissue?
100
myorraphy
What procedure is the surgical suturing of a muscle?
100
spasm
What term is sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle?
200
-cele
What suffix means tumor, cyst, or hernia?
200
adduction
What term means movement toward the midline?
200
myalgia
What term means pain in a muscle?
200
myofascial release
What term is a soft-tissue manipulation used to ease pain?
200
quadraplegia
What term means paralysis of all four extremities?
300
-plegia
What suffix means paralysis?
300
tendon
What attaches a muscle to bone or to another muscle?
300
fasciitis
What term means inflammation of a fascia?
300
fasciotomy
What procedure is a surgical incision through the fascia?
300
hyperkinesia
What term is also known as hyperactivity?
400
KINESI/O
What combining form means movement?
400
striated/skeletal
What are also known as voluntary muscles?
400
epicondylitis
What term is also known as tennis elbow?
400
myotomy
What procedure is the surgical incision into a muscle?
400
intermittent claudication
What term means pain in the leg muscles during exercise?
500
TAX/O
What combining form means coordination?
500
spinchter
What term means a ring-like muscle?
500
singultus
What term is also known as hiccups?
500
tenorraphy
What procedure means suturing a tendon's divided ends?
500
spasmodic torticollis
What term is also known as wryneck?
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