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Week 4: Muscular System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| my/o, myos/o | muscle |
| oblique | slanted, at an angle |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| ton/o | tension, tone, stretching |
| sphincter | ringlike muscle that tightly constricts opening of passageway |
| bi- | 2 |
| quadr/i | 4 |
| -ia | abnormal condition, disease |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
| electr/o | electricity |
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| fasci/o | fibrous band (fascia)- covers, support, separate muscles |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| rectus | straight |
| transverse | crosswise direction |
| -cele | tumor, swelling |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| tri- | 3 |
| -desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| tax/o | coordination, order |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |