chapter 3 word parts Flashcards
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articul/o
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joint
2
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card/o, cardi/o
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heart
3
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duct/o
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to lead, to carry
4
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electr/o
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electricity
5
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fasci/o
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fibrous band; fascia
6
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fir/o
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fiber
7
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flex/o
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to bend
8
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kines/o, kinesi/o
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movement
9
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lei/o
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smooth
10
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muscul/o
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muscle
11
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my/o, myos/o
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muscle
12
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myocardio
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heart muscle
13
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neur/o
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nerve
14
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orth/o
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straight; normal
15
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ped/o
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child/foot
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plant/o
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sole of the foot
17
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radi/o
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x-rays
18
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rhabd/o
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rod-shaped
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sarc/o
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flesh; connective tissue
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son/o
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sound
21
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tax/o
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coordinate order
22
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ten/o, tedin/o, tendon/o
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tendon
23
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tens/o
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stretched/strained
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ton/o
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tone; tension
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vers/o
turn; turning
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ab-
away; away from
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ad-
toward
28
brady-
slow
29
circum-
around
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dorsi-
back
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dys-
painful; difficult
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e-, ex-
out; away from
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hemi-
half
34
par-, para-
near; beside; alongside
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tachy-
fast
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-asthenia
weakness
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-cele
hernia; swelling; protrusion
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-ceps
heads; attachments
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-dynia
pain
40
-esthesia
sensation
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-graphy
process of recording
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-ion
process; state; condition
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-logy
study of
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-lysis
breakdown; separation; loosening
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-paresis
weakness
46
-plegia
paralysis
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-plegic
pertaining to paralysis
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-tonia
tone; tension
50
-trophy
condition of growth and development
51
skeletal muscle
striated; voluntary
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smooth muscle
non-striated; involuntary; lines internal organs~ peristalsis
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cardiac muscle
striated; involuntary
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automaticity
the ability to move a muscle to contract without the involvement of a nerve supply . Property of visceral, smooth, and cardiac muscles
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contractililty
the ability of a skeleton to contract (shorten) ex) flexing your arm
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elasticity
the ability of skeletal muscle fibers to resume their resting length when stretching force is removed. ex) trampoline springs
57
excitability
also called irritability; ability of skeletal muscles to receive and respond to a nerve supply by contracting. Ex) nerves send messages to the heart
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extensibility
ability of the skeletal muscles to be stretched. Ex) extensibility is evident in the hamstring and calf when you bend down to touch your toes.
59
origin
the attachment site that does not move when muscles contract
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insertion
attachment site that moves during muscular contraction
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tendon
band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone
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ligament
band of fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone
