Word Parts
means muscle
what is my/o?
movement toward the midline
what is adduction?
The ability of muscle tissue to receive and respond to a nerve impulse by contracting.
What is excitability?
Surgical incision into a muscle
What is myotomy?
Coordination;order
What is tax/o?
tumor, cyst, or hernia
what is -cele?
This fibrous cord of tissue attaches bone to bone to provide joint stability.
What is a ligament?
inflammation of the fascia
what is fascitis?
Suturing a tendons divided ends
What is tenorrhapy?
Smooth
What is lei/o?
paralysis
what is -plegia?
These are considered the most active muscles in the human body, moving over 100,000 times a day.
What are the eye muscles?
The ability of muscle tissue to shorten or contract.
What is contractility?
Condition of diffucult coordination.
What is dystaxia?
Sole of the foot:
What is plant/o?
movement
what is kinesi/o?
decreasing the angle of a joint
what is flexion?
The ability of a muscle to resume its resting length when a stretching force is removed.
Process of turning out or away from.
What is everison?
Kinesilogy:
What is the study of movement?
coordination
what is tax/o?
Fibrous bands of tissue that attach most skeletal muscle to bone.
What are tendons?
The CF for rod-shaped.
What is rhabd/o?
Process of of above normal stretching or straining.
What is hyperextension?
Pertaining to paralysis of four extermities.
What is quadriplegic?