Word Parts
What combining form means muscle?
MY/O
What term means decreasing angle at a joint?
Flexion
What term means the rupture or tearing of a muscle tissue?
MYORRHEXIS
What term means surgical suturing of a muscle?
MYORRHAPHY
This is the term for a circular muscle.
Sphincter
What suffix means hernia, tumor or cyst?
-CELE
What term means movement toward the midline?
What term means muscle pain?
MYALGIA
This is the age related loss of muscle mass
Sarcopenia
What term means paralysis of all four extremities?
QUADRIPLEGIA
What suffix means paralysis?
-PLEGIA
What attaches a muscle to bone?
TENDON
What term means inflammation of a fascia?
FASCIITIS
This is when the spinal cord is damaged/completely severed in the lumbar spine.
paraplegia
What term means hyperactivity or increased movement?
What combining form means movement?
KINESI/O
This muscle type is voluntary. You decide when they contract and relax.
SKELETAL
What term is also known muscle hernia?
What procedure means a surgical incision through a muscle?
MYOTOMY
This muscle is oriented at an angle.
OBLIQUE
What combining form means coordination?
TAX/O
What term means a ring-like muscle?
SPHINCTER
This term means hiccups.
SINGULTUS
What procedure means suturing a tendon's divided ends?
TENORRHAPHY
This term means pertaining to the connection between the nerves and the muscle.
NEUROMUSCULAR