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Week 8 -Muscular
Muscular System Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tendon | connects bone to muscle |
| ligament | connects bone to bone |
| myo- | muscle |
| -ology | study of |
| neuromuscular | where nerves and muscles meet |
| pectoral- | pertaining to the chest |
| rectus- | straight |
| oblique | slanted or at an angle |
| transverse | crosswise |
| sphincter | ringlike muscle that tightly constricts a passageway |
| bi- | two |
| -ceps | head |
| -algia | pain |
| troph- | muscle development |
| -lysis- | breakdown |
| -rrhexis | ruptured muscle |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| hernia | protrusion of a part or structure through the tissues that would normally contain it |
| -cele | hernia or dilation |
| a- | without |
| tax/o | coordination |
| myocele | hernia of muscle tissue |
| asthen/o- | lack of strength |
| vuls/o- | tear away (ex: avulsion) |
| tort/i- | twisted position |
| ten/o- | tendon |
| synov/o- | joint membrane |
| sarc/o- | connective tissue |
| rhabdo- | rod shaped |
| kines/o- | movement |
| flex/o- | bending |
| fibr/o- | fiber |
| extens/o- | straightening |
| contus/o- | bruising |
| contract/o- | pull together |
| condyl- | rounded |
| cancer/o- | cancer |
| burs/o- | bursa |
| -rrhaphy | procedure of suture |
| -gram | picture |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| masset/o- | chewing |
Created by:
Mrs. Morris