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Chapter 3: Muscular System Word Parts

Terms in this set (70)

hemi-
half
in-
in; into; not
dys-
painful; difficult
hyper-
above; above normal; excessive
a-, an-
not; without
par-, para-
near, beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal
quadri-
four
tachy-
fast
ab-
away, away from
ad-
toward
brady-
slow
circum-
around
dorsi-
back
e-, ex-
out, away from
hypo-
below; below normal; deficient
bi-
two- both
tri-
three
articul/o
joint
card/o, cardi/o
heart
duct/o
to lead; to carry
electr/o
electricity
fasci/o
fibrous band; fasica
fibr/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 foot
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
-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
-logy
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
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