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MT Ch. 8
Essentials of Medical Terminology - Ch. 8
| 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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