MT Ch. 8 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
voluntary | muscle that perform movement on command |
involuntary | muscle that perform w/o conscious command |
skeletal movement | perfomed by skeletal muscles |
heartbeats | performed by cardiac muscle |
breathing, digestion, & other movements involvng internal organs | performed by muscles within one organ itself visceral muscles |
ligaments | bones are connected to other bones by tough connective tissue |
tendons | muscles are connected to bones by equally tough connective tissue |
biceps brachii | muscle that moves the forearm |
flex/o | bend |
pronati/o | facing backward |
supinati/o | facing forward |
tens/o | stretch |
dorsi- | back |
duct/o | to draw |
-or | person or thing that does something |
ab- | away from |
abductor | muscles that move a part away from the midline |
ad- | toward |
adductor | muscles that move a part toward the midline |
electr/o | electric |
-graphy | process of recording |
my/o | muscle |
electromyography (EMG) | recording of the electrical characteristics of muscle (when is stimulated by a nerve) |
ton/o | tone; tension |
a- | no; not; lack of |
-ic | pertaining to |
atonic | a muscle that has no tone or tension; atony |
dys- | bad; difficult; painful |
dystonia | abnormal muscle tone or tension |
-ia | condition |
myotonia | inability of the muscle to relax after increased muscular contraction |
tonic | pertaining to tone; tension |
fasci/o | fascia (band of tissue surrounding the muscle) |
-al | pertaining to |
fascial | pertaining to the fascia |
-ectomy | excision; surgical removal |
fasciectomy | excision of fascia |
fasciitis; fascitis | inflammation of fascia |
fasciorrhaphy | suturing the fascia |
-rrhaphy | suture |
kinesi/o | movement |
-logy | study of |
kinesiology | study of movement |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
kinesimeter | instrument used to measure movement |
lei/o | smooth |
-oma | tumor; mass |
leiomyoma (lye-oh-my-OH-mah) | benign tumor of smooth muscle |
visceral muscles | are smooth |
skeletal & cardiac | are striated cuz have appear striped under microscope |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connctive tissue |
leiomyosarcoma | malignant tumor of smooth muscle |
muscul/o | muscle |
-ar | pertaining to |
muscular | pertaining to muscle |
skelet/o | skeleton |
musculoskeletal | pertaining to the muscle & skeleton |
-gram | record |
electr/o | electric |
electromyogram | record of the electrical currents in a muscle |
-algia | pain |
fibr/o | fiber |
fibromyalgia | pain in fibrous tissues muscles, tendons, & ligaments |
myalgia | muscle pain |
-pathy | disease |
myopathy | any muscular disease |
myositis | inflammation of muscle |
polymyositis | inflammation of many muscles |
myos/o | muscle |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped; striped; striated |
rhabdomyoma (rab-doh-my-OH-mah) | benign tumor of striated muscle |
rhabdomyosarcoma (rab-doh-my-oh-sar-KOH-mah) | malignant tumor of striated muscle tissue |
tendin/o; ten/o | tendon |
-ous | pertaining to |
-desis | surgical fixation |
tenodesis | surgical fixation of a tendon |
tendinous | pertaining to a tendon |
-tomy | to cut |
tenotomy | cutting of a tendon |
tenosynovi/o | tendon sheath (covering of a tendon) |
tenosynovitis | inflammation of a tendon sheath |
-asthenia | no strength |
myasthenia (my-as-THEE-nee-ah) | no muscle strength |
-clonus | turnoil |
myoclonus | alternate muscular relazation & contraction in rapid succession |
-ion | process of |
abduction | process of drawing away from; opposite of adduction |
adduction | process of drawing toward; opposite of abduction |
circum- | around |
circumduction | process of drawing a part in a circular motion |
dorsi- | back |
dorsiflexion | bending the joint so that foot bends bacward (upward); opposite of plantar flexion |
plantar flexion | bending the ankle joint so that foot bends toward the sole of the foot |
plantar | the sole of the foot |
extension | to stretch out; stretching out of a limb; increasing the angle b/w two bones; opposite of flexion |
ex- | out |
flexion | bending of limb; decreasing the angle b/w 2 bones; opposite of extension |
pronati/o | facing backward |
pronation | as applied to the hand, process of turning the palm backward; opposite of supination |
supinati/o | facing forward |
supination | as applied to the hand, the process of turning the palm forward; opposite of pronation |
-kinesia | movement; motion |
brady- | slow |
bradykinesia | slow movement |
hyper- | excessive; above normal |
dyskinesia | impairment of muscle movement |
hyperkinesia | excessive movement |
-trophy | nourishment |
atrophy | wasting away of the muscle |
a- | no; not |
dystrophy | abnormal developement, espically muscular dystrophy |
hypertrophy | enlargement of an organ due to an increase in the size of cells |
-thermy | heat |
dia- | complete; through |
diathermy | heat applied to deep tissues |
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