Prefixes
bi-
two
my/o
muscle
-cele
hernia
bending the foot upward at the ankle
dorsiflexion
buttock muscle
gluteus maximus
crosswise muscle
transverse
dys-
bad
fascia
fasci/o
-rrhexis
rupture
pronation
rotating the palm of the hand downward
heart muscle
myocardial
ringlike
sphincter
tri-
three
fibr/o
fibrous connective tissue
-ia
abnormal condition
adduction
limb movement toward the midline
sphincter
ring-like muscle
oblique
slanted at an angle
ad-
toward
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon
-ic
pertaining to
circular movement at the far end of the limb
circumduction
deltoid
muscular cap of shoulder
lateralis
toward the side
ab-
away
tone, tension, stretching
tone
-plegia
paralysis, stroke
movement of the limb away from the midline
abduction
fibrous connective tissue
tendon
straight
rectus
a-
without
coordination
tax/o
-itis
inflammation
movement of a limb on an axis
rotation
makes up the bulk of the chest
pectoralis major
atonic
lacking normal muscle tone
hemi-
half
movement
Kines/o, kinesi/o
-paresis
partial or complete paralysis
a condition in which there is diminished tone of the skeletal muscle
hypotonia
located at the back of the upper leg
hamstrings
dystonia
abnormal muscle tone that causes the impairment of involuntary muscle movement