Question | Answer |
bi | Twice , double , & two |
-cele | Hernia, Tumor & Swelling |
-desis | Surgical fixation of the bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
fasci/o | Fascia, fibrous band |
-ia | Adnormal condition, diesease, plural of-ium |
-ic | Pertaining to |
kinesi/o | Movement |
-lysis | Breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
my/o | Muscle |
-plegia | Paralysis, stroke |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
tax/o | Coordination, order |
ten/o , tend/o , tendin/o | Tendon, stretch out, extend , strain |
ton/o | Tension, tone , stretching |
tri | Three |
abduction | Movement away from the midline |
achilles tendinitis | Inflammation of the Achilles tendon |
Adhension | A band fibrous tissue that holds structures together abnormally |
atrophy | Weakness and wasting away |
atropine | Antispasmodic that may be administered preoperatively to relax smooth muscles |
cardioplegia | Paralysis of the muscles of the heart |
carpal tunnel syndrome | Inflammation of the tendons passing through the carpal tunnel of the wrist |
claudication | An aching, crampy, tired, and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and goes |
contracture | Abnormal shortening of muscle tissues, making the muscle resistant to stretching |
ergonomics | Study of human factors that affect the desing and operation of tools and the work environmen |
fascitis | Inflamation of a fascia |
fasciotomy | Surgical incision of fascia |
fibromyalgia syndrome | A chronic disorder of unknown cause characterized by widespread aching, pain, tender point and fatigue |
kinesiology | The study of muscular activity and the disorders that caouse muscle weakness w/o affecting the nervous system |
myalgia | Muscle tenderness or pian |
myofascial | Tenderness and swelling of the muscle and their sorrounding tissues that is caused by overworking the muscles |
oblique | Slanted or at an angle |
paraplagia | Paralysis is of both legs and the lower part of the body |
pronation | The act of rotating the arm or leg so that the palm hand or sole of the foot is turned downward or backward |
quadriplegia | Paralysis of all four extemities |
sphincter | A ringlike muscle that tightly constricts the opening of passage way |
supination | The act of rotating the arm or the leg so that the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot is turned forward or upward |
tendonitis | Inflammation of the tendons caused by excessive or unusual use of the joint |
tenectomy | Surgical removal of lession from a tendon or tendon sheath |
tenodesis | To suture the end of a tendon to bone |
tenolysis | To free a tendon from adhesions |
tenonectomy | Surgical removal of part pf a tendon from the purpose of shortening it |
fracture | Broken bone |