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Muscular System (bi- :twice, double (Biceps - a muscle with two heads,…
Muscular System
bi- :twice, double
Biceps - a muscle with two heads
Bicuspid - having two flaps or cusps
fibr/o: fibrous tissue
Fibrosis - the scarring of connective tissue
Fibrocyst - disease that leaves scarred tissue
dys- :bad, painful
dysoxic - low oxygen concentration
dyslogia - poor speech performance
fasci/o: fibrous band
Fascicular - Relating to a fasciculus
Fasciitis - Inflammation of the fascia
-cele :hernia, swelling
merocele - femoral hernia
rectocele - hernia of the rectum
-plegia: paralysis
panplegia - paralysis of the limbs
facioplegia - paralysis of the face
tax/o: coordination
ataxia - the loss of muscle control
taxonomy - the science of categorizing organisms.
kines/o: movement
kinesia - motion sickness
kinesophobia - fear of movement
-rrhexis: rupture
enterorrhexis - rupture of the intestine
cardiorrhexis - rupture of the heart
my/o: muscle
myolysis - breakdown of muscle tissue
myoclonus - spasmodic jerking of muscles
ton/o: tone, stretching
atonic - Lacking muscular tone
cardiotonic - having a tonic effect on the heart
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o: tendon
Achilles Tendon- Tendon that connect calf muscle to heel bone
tenodesis - suturing a tendon to a bone
tri-: three
Triplets - Three animals or humans born at the same birth
Tricuspid - having three flaps
-ic: pertaining to
cranic - pertaining to the cranium
-iatric - pertaining to physicians
-ia: disease, abnormal
bulemia - eating disorder
amnesia - disease involving lack of memory