Word Parts
The combining form that means "muscle."
What is my/o?
This term means decreasing the angle at a joint.
(Demonstrate an example of this term.)
What is flexion?
This medical term means the rupture or tearing of muscle tissue.
What is myorrhexis?
The surgical suturing of a muscle.
Write the correct spelling on the board also.
What is myorrhaphy?
A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle.
The suffix that means tumor, cyst, or hernia.
What is -cele?
This is the term for movement toward the midline.
Demonstrate an example of this term.
What is adduction?
Pain in a muscle.
What is myalgia?
This is the term for a soft-tissue manipulation used to ease pain.
What is a myofascial release?
Paralysis of all 4 limbs.
What is quadriplegia?
This suffix means paralysis.
What is -plegia?
This connective tissue attaches a muscle to a bone.
What is a tendon?
This is inflammation of fascia.
What is fasciitis?
The surgical incision through the fascia.
What is a fasciotomy?
Also known as hyperactivity.
What is hyperkinesia?
The combining form that means movement.
What is kinesi/o?
Also known as voluntary muscles.
What is striated muscles?
Medical term for tennis elbow.
What is epicondylitis?
Medical term of the surgical incision into a muscle.
What is a myotomy?
The medical term that means pain in the leg muscles during exercise.
What is intermittent claudication?
This combining form means coordination.
What is tax/o?
The term for ring-like muscle.
What is sphincter?
Hiccups, medical term.
What is singultus?
This term means to suture a tendon's divided ends.
What is a tenorrhaphy?
This term is also known as wryneck.
What is spasmodic torticollis?