Suffix
weakness
-paresis
around
circum-
Muscles stimulated to move through conscious control
Voluntary Muscle
Lowering of a body part
Depression
involuntary sudden movement
spasm
sensation
-esthesia
back
dorsi-
Not moved through willpower
Happens at an unconscious level
Involuntary muscle
Turning the foot inward
Inversion
stretching or tearing of a ligament
sprain
hernia; swelling protrusion
-celia
joint
articul/o
ability to resume resting length when a stretching force is removed
elasticity
Turning the foot outward
Eversion
stretching or tearing of muscle or tendon
strain
rupture
-rrhexis
toward
ad-
the ability to be stretched
extensibility
Moving the body part away from the body
abduction
muscles are flabby, relaxed, have defective or absent tone
flaccidity
pain
-dynia
coordination;order
tax/o
ability to receive and respond to a nerve impulse by contracting
excitability
Moving the body part toward the body
Adduction
Adhesion