Word Parts
My/o
What combing form means muscle?
Flexion
What term means decreasing the angle at a joint?
Plantar Fasciitiis
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 muscles?
-cele
What suffix means tumor, cyst or hernia?
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?
-Plegia
What suffix means paralysis?
Tendon
What attaches a muscle to bone or to another muscle?
Fasciitis
What term means inflammation of a fascia?
Fasciotomy
What procedure is a surgical incision into a muscle?
Hyperkinesia
What term is also known as hyperactivity?
Kinesi/o
What combining form means movement?
Striated
What are also known as 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 procedure means suturing a tendon's divided ends?
Torticollis
What term is also known as wryneck? Spasmodic contraction of the neck that pull the head to the affected side.