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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bi | Twice , double , & two |
| -cele | Hernia, Tumor & Swelling |
| -desis | Surgical fixation of the bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
| fasci/o | Fascia, fibrous band |
| -ia | Adnormal condition, diesease, plural of-ium |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| kinesi/o | Movement |
| -lysis | Breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
| my/o | Muscle |
| -plegia | Paralysis, stroke |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| tax/o | Coordination, order |
| ten/o , tend/o , tendin/o | Tendon, stretch out, extend , strain |
| ton/o | Tension, tone , stretching |
| tri | Three |
| abduction | Movement away from the midline |
| achilles tendinitis | Inflammation of the Achilles tendon |
| Adhension | A band fibrous tissue that holds structures together abnormally |
| atrophy | Weakness and wasting away |
| atropine | Antispasmodic that may be administered preoperatively to relax smooth muscles |
| cardioplegia | Paralysis of the muscles of the heart |
| carpal tunnel syndrome | Inflammation of the tendons passing through the carpal tunnel of the wrist |
| claudication | An aching, crampy, tired, and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and goes |
| contracture | Abnormal shortening of muscle tissues, making the muscle resistant to stretching |
| ergonomics | Study of human factors that affect the desing and operation of tools and the work environmen |
| fascitis | Inflamation of a fascia |
| fasciotomy | Surgical incision of fascia |
| fibromyalgia syndrome | A chronic disorder of unknown cause characterized by widespread aching, pain, tender point and fatigue |
| kinesiology | The study of muscular activity and the disorders that caouse muscle weakness w/o affecting the nervous system |
| myalgia | Muscle tenderness or pian |
| myofascial | Tenderness and swelling of the muscle and their sorrounding tissues that is caused by overworking the muscles |
| oblique | Slanted or at an angle |
| paraplagia | Paralysis is of both legs and the lower part of the body |
| pronation | The act of rotating the arm or leg so that the palm hand or sole of the foot is turned downward or backward |
| quadriplegia | Paralysis of all four extemities |
| sphincter | A ringlike muscle that tightly constricts the opening of passage way |
| supination | The act of rotating the arm or the leg so that the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot is turned forward or upward |
| tendonitis | Inflammation of the tendons caused by excessive or unusual use of the joint |
| tenectomy | Surgical removal of lession from a tendon or tendon sheath |
| tenodesis | To suture the end of a tendon to bone |
| tenolysis | To free a tendon from adhesions |
| tenonectomy | Surgical removal of part pf a tendon from the purpose of shortening it |
| fracture | Broken bone |
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