Word Parts
What combining form means muscle?
MY/O
What term means decreasing the angle at a joint?
Flexion
What term means the inflammation of the plantar fascia?
Plantar Fasciitis
Myorrhaphy
What term is sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle?
Spasm
What suffix means tumor, cyst, or hernia?
-CELE
What term means movement toward the midline?
Adduction
What term means pain in a muscle?
Myalgia
What term is a soft-tissue manipulation used to ease pain?
Myofascial Release
What term means paralysis of all four extremities?
Quadriplegia
What suffix means paralysis?
-PLEGIA
What attaches to a muscle to bone or to another muscle?
Tendon
What term means inflammation of a fascia?
Fasciitis
What procedure is a surgical incision through the fascia?
Fasciotomy
What term is also known as hyperactivity?
Hyperkinesia
What combining form means movement?
What are also known as voluntary muscles?
Striated
What term is also known as tennis elbow?
Epicondylitis
What procedure is the surgical incision through the muscle?
Myotomy
What term means pain in the leg muscles during exercise?
Intermittent Claudication
What combining form means coordination?
TAX/O
What term means a ring-like muscle?
Sphincter
What term is also known as hiccups?
Singultus
What procedure means suturing a tendon's divided ends?
Tenorrhaphy
What term is also known as wryneck?
Torticollis