Prefixes
Suffixes
Definitions
Definitions
Mystery
100
bi-
What is two?
100
-cele
What is hernia? (double jeopardy)
100
bends the foot upward at the ankle
What is dorsiflexion?
100
ringlike muscle that tightly constricts the opening of a passageway
What is sphincter? double jeopardy
100
three major types of muscles in the body
What are the smooth, cardiac, & skeletal? (double jeopardy)
200
tax/o
What is a coordination
200
-plegia
What is paralysis?
200
circular movement at the far end of a limb
What is circumduction?
200
an injury to a joint that usually involves a wrenched or torn ligament
What is a sprain?
200
What connects bones and muscles together?
tendons
300
tri-
What is three
300
-ia
What is abnormal condition? double jeopardy
300
moves away from the midline
What is abduction?
300
slight paralysis or weakness affecting one side of the body
What is hemiparesis?
300
muscle that pumps blood throughout your body
What is your cardiac muscle? double jeopardy
400
kinesi/o
What is movement
400
-ic
What is pertaining to?
400
moves toward the midline
What is adduction?
400
when you get pain in the leg muscles that occurs during exercise and is relieved by rest
What is intermittent claudication?
400
muslce that helps move your shoulder
What is deltoid?
500
ton/o
What is tone? double jeopardy
500
-rrhexis
What is rupture?
500
turns the palm of the hand downward or backward
What is pronation?
500
a harmless fluid-filled swelling that occurs most commonly on the outer surface of the wrist
What is a ganglion cyst?
500
muscles found on the front of your thighs
What are quadriceps?
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