Medical Terminology - muscular system
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| Muscles that perform movement on command | voluntary muscles
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| muscles that perform movement w/o commands | involuntary muscles
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| Performs skeletal movement. | skeletal muscles
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| Performs heart beats. | cardiac muscles
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| Performs movement of internal organs. | visceral muscles
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| Tough connective tissue that connects bone to bone. | ligaments
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| Tough connective tissue that connects bone to muscle. | tendons
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| Muscle that moves forearm; lies over humerus and connects to scapula and radius. | biceps brachii
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| Muscle attachment to the bone that does not move when muscle contracts. | origin
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| Muscle attachment to the bone that does move when muscle contracts. | insertion
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| flex/o | bend
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| pronati/o | facing backward
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| supinati/o | facing forward
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| tens/o | stretch
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| duct/o | to draw
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| electr/o | electric
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| ton/o | tone; tension
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| fasci/o | fascia (band of tissue surrounding the muscle)
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| kinesi/o | movement
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| lei/o | smooth
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| muscul/o | muscle
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| my/o | muscle
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| myos/o | muscle
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| rhabd/o | rod-shaped; striped; striated
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| tendin/o | tendon
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| ten/o | tendon
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| tenosynovi/o | tendon sheath
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| -asthenia | no strength
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| -clonus | turmoil
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| -ion | process of
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| -kinesia | movement; motion
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| -trophy | nourishment
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| -thermy | heat
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| dorsi- | back
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| abduction | process of drawing away from
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| adduction | process of drawing towards
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| circumduction | process of drawing a part in a circular motion
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| dorsiflexion | bending the ankle joint so that the foot bends backward (upward)
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| plantar flexion | bending ankle joint so that foot bends toward sole of the foot
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| extension | to stretch out; stretching out of a limb; increase angle between two bones
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| flexion | bending of a limb; decreasing the angle between two bones
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| pronation | as applied to the hand, process of turning palm backwards
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| supination | as applied to the hand, process of turning the palm forward
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