Abbreviations
Suffixes
General muscle knowledge
Word Building
Prefixes
100
IM
What is intramuscular
100
-kinesia
What is movement?
100
myocardium
What is cardiac muscle?
100
muscle tone
What is myotonia?
100
away from
What is ab-?
200
Fx
What is fracture?
200
-blast
What is immature?
200
adduction
What is movement towards midline of the body?
200
incision into the fascia
What is fasciotomy?
200
around
What is circum- ?
300
Ca
What is calcium?
300
-listhesis
What is slipping?
300
plantar flexion
What is bending the sole of the foot; pointing toes dpwnwards?
300
difficult or painful movement
What is dyskinesia?
300
between
What is inter-?
400
T1
What is first thoracic vertebra?
400
-clasia
What is surgically break?
400
supination
What is turning the palm or foot upward?
400
muscle rupture
What is myorrhexis?
400
new
What is neo- ?
500
RA
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
500
-asthenia
What is weakness?
500
fascia
What is fibrous connective tissue that wraps each muscle?
500
surgical procedure to stabilize a joint by anchoring down the tendons of the muscles that move the joint.
What is tenodesis?
500
upon
What is epi- ?
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