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PREFIX
SUFFIX
WORD ROOTS
TERMINOLOGY
ANATOMY
100
Prefix meaning half
What is hemi-?
100
-algia
What is pain?
100
Adjective describing skeletal muscles?
What is striated?
100
Muscle weakness without affecting the nervous system.
What is muscular dystrophy?
100
Skeletal, smooth and cardiac.
What are the three types of muscles?
200
Beside, beyond, near
What is para-?
200
Suffix meaning inflammation.
What is -itis?
200
A type of muscle structure associated with appendicular muscles.
What is a tendon?
200
Inflammation also known as tennis elbow.
What is epicondylitis?
200
location, control of action and cell appearance.
What are characteristics of muscles?
300
Quadri
What is the prefix meaning four?
300
Suffix meaning paralysis.
What is -plegia?
300
Tension present in resting muscles.
What is tone?
300
Lack of muscle tone.
What is atonia?
300
Forms the wall of the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
400
Total paralysis of one side of the body.
What is HEMIplegia?
400
Particular or incomplete paralysis.
What is -paresis?
400
Fibrous sheath of connective tissue that covers a muscle.
What is fascia?
400
The appearance of dark and light bands of skeletal muscle.
What is striated?
400
Responsible for voluntary movement and maintenance of posture.
What is skeletal muscle?
500
Paralysis of both legs and lower parts of the body.
What is PARAplegia?
500
QuadriPLEGIA
What is paralysis of all four extremities?
500
Connects bone to bone and offers support to muscle.
What is a ligament?
500
Treatment to prevent disability and restore function through the use of heat, exercise and massage.
What is physical therapy?
500
Blood vessels, respiratory passageways, digestive tract and walls of hollow internal organs.
What are locations of smooth muscle?