Illnesses
Prefixes
Roots
Suffixes
Anatomy & Physiology
100
A disorder characterized by widespread aching and stiffness of muscles.
What is fibromyalgia?
100
Beside, beyond
What is para-
100
Fiber
What is fibr/o?
100
Paralysis
What is -plegia?
100
Made up of connective tissue.
What is a tendon?
200
Pain often caused by the overuse of the muscles in the lower leg.
What are shin splints?
200
Half
What is hemi-
200
Movement
What is kinesi/o?
200
Connect bones to other bones and offer support to muscles.
What is a ligament?
300
A skeletal disorder involving the carpal bones.
What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
300
Four
What is quadri-
300
Strength
What is stenth/o?
300
Pain or painful condition.
What is -algesia?
300
The muscle forming the rounded contour of the shoulder.
What is deltoid?
400
An injury affecting the shoulder, most often to people who swim, lay tennis or baseball.
What is a rotator cuff injury?
400
tissue
What is sarc-
400
Tendon
What is tend/o?
400
Swelling.
What is -edema?
400
The two-headed muscle that lies on the upper arm between the elbow and the shoulder.
What are biceps?
500
An inflammation of the medial and lateral bony projections of the distal portion of the humerus.
What is epicondylitis?
500
Two
What is Bi-
500
Muscle
What is my/o?
500
Inflammation.
What is -itis?
500
Proper term for the calf muscle.
What is gastrocnemius?
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