Word parts
my/o
What root word/combining form means muscle?
Adduction
What is movement of a limb towards the midline of the body?
epimysium
What is the connective tissue that surrounds the entire muscle?
myotomy
What procedure is the surgical incision into a muscle?
Intrinsic muscles
What are muscles that are located in the same region as their action? (Tongue is an example)
dys-
What prefix means bad, abnormal, painful or difficult?
striated
What are also known as voluntary muscles?
What is the connective tissue that surrounds each fascicle?
fasciotomy
What procedure is a surgical incision through the fascia?
Masseter
What is the primary muscle for chewing?
-plegia
What suffix means paralysis?
sphincter
What term means ring-like muscle
Fascicle
What are bundles of muscle cells?
tenorrhaphy
What procedure means suturing a tendon's divided ends?
Buccinator
What is the muscle that allows you to whistle, blow air or suck from a straw?
Tax/o
What root work/combining form means coordination?
Myosin and Actin
What are the 2 main contractile proteins of each sarcomere?
synergist
What is the muscle that assists the prime mover?
RICE
What is rest, ice, compression and elevation?
Latissimus dorsi
What is the broad triangular muscle of the back, also known as the swimmer's muscle?
kines/o, kinesi/o
What is the root word or combining form for movement?
sarcomere
What is the contractile unit of skeletal muscle?
antagonist
What is the muscle that produces the opposite movement of an agonist?
Tenolysis
What is the release of a tendon from adhesions (scar tissue)?
Diaphragm
What is the large bell or parachute shaped muscle that separates the abdominal and thoracic cavities?