Word Roots
This word root pertains to a muscle, and is longer.
What is muscul/o?
The suffix for "inflammation."
What is -itis?
The word part for "three."
What is tri-?
The abbreviation pertaining to range of motion.
What is ROM?
A common trauma to muscle due to overuse or excessive stretch, which can involve muscle tearing, bleeding, and in special cases, separation.
What is a strain?
The word root that pertains to a muscle, and is shorter.
What is my/o.
It means "pain."
What is -algia?
The word part for "away from."
What is ab-?
The abbreviation pertaining to left upper extremity.
What is LUE?
The injury to a ligament that is caused by abnormal or excessive force at a joint, but causes no dislocation or fracture of the bones.
The root word that pertains to fiber.
What is in/o?
The suffix that means "surgical repair."
What is -plasty?
The word part for "difficult."
What is dys-?
The system for treatment that stands for the procedure of rest, ice, compression, and elevation.
What is RICE?
The disease that is a group of hereditary muscular disorders, with overall muscle weakness that degenerates over time and atrophy of muscles.
What is muscular dystrophy?
The word root for work.
What is erg/o?
This word part means "growth/ nourishment."
What is -trophy?
The word part for "slow."
What is brady-?
The abbreviation for neuromuscular junction.
What is NMJ?
The inflammation of a tendon, usually caused by overuse or injury, typically in the shoulder, elbow, and hip.
What is tendinitis?
The word roots that pertain to movement.
What is kin/o, kinesi/o?
It means "weakness."
What is -asthenia?
The word part for "striated muscle."
What is rhabdo-?
The abbreviation for Supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis.
What is SITS?
The disease of unknown causation that involves muscle inflammation and weakness.
What is polymyositis?