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Chapter 3 quiz words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Articul/o | Joint |
| Card/o, cardi/o | Heart |
| duct/o | To lead; to carry |
| electr/o | electricity |
| Fasci/o | Fibrous band; Fascia |
| Fiber/o | Fiber |
| Flex/o | To bend |
| Kines/o, Kinesi/o | movement |
| Lei/o | Smooth |
| Muscul/o | Muscle |
| my/o, myos/o | Muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| neur/o | nerve |
| orth/o | straight; normal |
| ped/o | Child; foot |
| plant/o | sole of the feet |
| radi/o | X-rays |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped |
| Sarc/o | Flesh; connective tissue |
| son/o | Sound |
| tax/o | coordination; order |
| ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o | Tendon |
| tens/o | stretched; strained |
| ton/o | tone; tension |
| vers/o | turn; turning |
| a-, an- | not; without |
| ab- | away; away from |
| ad- | toward |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| dorsi- | back |
| dys- | painful; difficult |
| e-, ex- | out; away from |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above; above normal; excessive |
| hypo- | below; below normal;deficient |
| in- | in; into;not |
| par-, para- | near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal |
| quadri- | four |
| Tachy- | fast |
| Tri- | three |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ic | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
| -ceps | heads (attachments) |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -gram | record; image |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ion | process; state; condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ology | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination using a scope |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -tonia | tone; tension |
| -trophy | condition of growth or development |