prefix
ad-
toward
adduction
muscul/o
muscle
-al
pertaining to
ex. medial
abduction
moving away from
ab-
away
abduction
my/o
muscle
-itis
inflammation
ex. tendinitis
myocardium
heart muscle
circum-
around
Circumcision
later/o
side
-gram
record
ex. electrocardiogram
tendinitis
inflammation of the tendon
epi-
upon
epidermis
ten/o
tendon
-pathy
disease
fibromyalgia
fibrous muscle pain
brady-
slow
bradykinesia
carp/o
wrist
-asthenia
weakness
ex. myasthenia
quadriceps
muscle with 4 heads, upper leg muscle