Word Parts
This suffix means inflammation.
What is -itis?
Brachi/o means this body part.
Moving toward the midline is called this.
What is adduction?
The Achilles tendon is also called this tendon.
What is the calcaneal tendon?
This prefix means many.
What is poly-?
Carp/o refers to this area.
What is the wrist?
"Evert" means to do this.
Loss of development or wasting away is called this.
What is atrophy?
The pectoralis major muscle is located on this body region.
What is the chest?
This prefix in "quadriceps" means this number.
What is four?
The dorsum is the back of this structure.
What is the hand?
Straightening a joint is called this movement.
Pain in muscle fibers is called this condition.
What is fibromyalgia?
An appliance used to correct an abnormality is called this.
What is an orthotic?
The prefix hypo- means this.
What is below/under?
The gluteus muscle are found here.
What are the buttocks?
Bending a joint is called this movement.
What is flexion?
A sprain involves injury to this structure.
What are ligaments?
The "R" in RICE stands for this.
What is rest?
The suffix -imus means this.
What is most?
The pectoral girdle connects these two structures.
What are the axial skeleton and upper limbs?
Turning the palm downward is called this.
What is pronation?
Exercise that enlarges muscles causes this condition.
What is hypertrophy?
A patient with slurred speech and poor balance after a stroke may work with these two specialists.
What are a speech therapist and physical therapist?