Word Parts
MY/O
What combining form means muscle?
flexion
What term means decreasing the angle at a joint?
plantar fascitis
What term means the inflammation of the plantar fascia?
myorrhaphy
What procedure is the surgical suturing of a muscle?
spasm
What is sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle?
What sufix means tumor?
adduction
What term means movement toward the midline?
myalgia
What term means pain in a muscle?
myofascial release
What term is a soft-tissue manipulation used to ease pain?
quadriplegia
What term means paralysis of all four extremities?
What suffix means paralysis?
tendon
What attaches a muscle to bone or to another muscle?
fascitis
What term means inflammation of a fascia?
fasciotomy
What procedure is a surgical incision through the fascia?
hyperkinesia
What term is also known as hyperactivity?
Kinesi/O
Kinesi/a
What combining form means movement?
skeletal muscles
What are voluntary muscles?
epicondylitis
What term is also known as tennis elbow?
myotomy
What procedure is the surgical incision into a muscle?
intermittent claudication
What term means pain in the leg muscles during exercise?
TAX/O
What combining form means coordination?
sphincter
What term means a ring-like muscle?
singultus
What term is also known as hiccups?
tenorrhaphy
What prodecure means suturing a tendon's divided ends?
torticollis
What term is also known as wryneck?