Muscular System Terms Flashcards
(65 cards)
1
Q
Articul/o
A
Joint
2
Q
Card/o, cardi/o
A
Heart
3
Q
Duct/o
A
To lead; to carry
4
Q
Electric/o
A
Electricity
5
Q
Fasci/o
A
Fibrous band; fascia
6
Q
Fibr/o
A
Fiber
7
Q
Flex/o
A
To bend
8
Q
Kines/o kinesi/o
A
Movement
9
Q
Lei/o
A
Smooth
10
Q
Muscul/o
A
Muscle
11
Q
My/o myos/o
A
Muscle
12
Q
Myocardi/o
A
Heart muscle
13
Q
Neur/o
A
Nerve
14
Q
Orth/o
A
Straight; normal
15
Q
Ped/o
A
Child; foot
16
Q
Plant/o
A
Sole of the foot
17
Q
Radi/o
A
X-rays
18
Q
Rhabd/o
A
Rod-shaped
19
Q
Sarc/o
A
Flesh; connective tissue
20
Q
Son/o
A
Sound
21
Q
Tax/o
A
Coordination; order
22
Q
Ten/o, tendin/o tendon/o
A
Tendon
23
Q
Tens/o
A
Stretched;strained
24
Q
Ton/o
A
Tone; tension
25
Vers/o
Turn; turning
26
A-,an-
Not; without
27
Ab-
Away; away from
28
Ad-
Toward
29
Bi-
Two; both
30
Brady-
Slow
31
Circum-
Around
32
Dorsi-
Back
33
Dys-
Painful; difficult
34
E-, ex-
Out; away from
35
Hemi-
Half
36
Hyper-
Above; above normal; excessive
37
Hypo-
Below ;below normal ; deficient
38
-ac, -al, -ar, -ic
Pertaining to
39
-Algia
Pain
40
-asthenia
Weakness
41
-cele
Hernia; swelling; protrusion
42
-ceps
Heads ( attachments )
43
-dynia
Pain
44
-ectomy
Surgical removal; excision
45
-esthesia
Sensation
46
-gram
Record; image
47
-graphy
Process of recording
48
-ia
Condition
49
-ion
Process; state; condition
50
-itis
Inflammation
51
-logy
Study of
52
-lysis
Breakdown; separation; loosening
53
-malacia
Softening
54
-oma
Tumor; mass
55
-paresis
Weakness
56
-penia
Defeciency
57
-plasty
Surgical repair
58
-plegia
Paralysis
59
-plegic
Pertaining to paralysis
60
-rrhexis
Rupture
61
-scope
Instrument used to view
62
-scopy
Visual examination using a scope
63
-Tomy
Process of cutting; incision
64
-tonia
Tone; tension
65
-trophy
Condition of growth or development
