chapter 3 word parts

Question 1

articul/o

Answer 1

joint

Question 2

card/o, cardi/o

Answer 2

heart

Question 3

duct/o

Answer 3

to lead, to carry

Question 4

electr/o

Answer 4

electricity

Question 5

fasci/o

Answer 5

fibrous band; fascia

Question 6

fir/o

Answer 6

fiber

Question 7

flex/o

Answer 7

to bend

Question 8

kines/o, kinesi/o

Answer 8

movement

Question 9

lei/o

Answer 9

smooth

Question 10

muscul/o

Answer 10

muscle

Question 11

my/o, myos/o

Answer 11

muscle

Question 12

myocardio

Answer 12

heart muscle

Question 13

neur/o

Answer 13

nerve

Question 14

orth/o

Answer 14

straight; normal

Question 15

ped/o

Answer 15

child/foot

Question 16

plant/o

Answer 16

sole of the foot

Question 17

radi/o

Answer 17

x-rays

Question 18

rhabd/o

Answer 18

rod-shaped

Question 19

sarc/o

Answer 19

flesh; connective tissue

Question 20

son/o

Answer 20

sound

Question 21

tax/o

Answer 21

coordinate order

Question 22

ten/o, tedin/o, tendon/o

Answer 22

tendon

Question 23

tens/o

Answer 23

stretched/strained

Question 24

ton/o

Answer 24

tone; tension

Question 25

vers/o

Answer 25

turn; turning

Question 26

ab-

Answer 26

away; away from

Question 27

ad-

Answer 27

toward

Question 28

brady-

Answer 28

slow

Question 29

circum-

Answer 29

around

Question 30

dorsi-

Answer 30

back

Question 31

dys-

Answer 31

painful; difficult

Question 32

e-, ex-

Answer 32

out; away from

Question 33

hemi-

Answer 33

half

Question 34

par-, para-

Answer 34

near; beside; alongside

Question 35

tachy-

Answer 35

fast

Question 36

-asthenia

Answer 36

weakness

Question 37

-cele

Answer 37

hernia; swelling; protrusion

Question 38

-ceps

Answer 38

heads; attachments

Question 39

-dynia

Answer 39

pain

Question 40

-esthesia

Answer 40

sensation

Question 41

-graphy

Answer 41

process of recording

Question 42

-ion

Answer 42

process; state; condition

Question 43

-logy

Answer 43

study of

Question 44

-lysis

Answer 44

breakdown; separation; loosening

Question 45

-paresis

Answer 45

weakness

Question 46

-plegia

Answer 46

paralysis

Question 47

-plegic

Answer 47

pertaining to paralysis

Question 48

-rrhexis

Answer 48

rupture

Question 49

-tonia

Answer 49

tone; tension

Question 50

-trophy

Answer 50

condition of growth and development

Question 51

skeletal muscle

Answer 51

striated; voluntary

Question 52

smooth muscle

Answer 52

non-striated; involuntary; lines internal organs~ peristalsis

Question 53

cardiac muscle

Answer 53

striated; involuntary

Question 54

automaticity

Answer 54

the ability to move a muscle to contract without the involvement of a nerve supply . Property of visceral, smooth, and cardiac muscles

Question 55

contractililty

Answer 55

the ability of a skeleton to contract (shorten) ex) flexing your arm

Question 56

elasticity

Answer 56

the ability of skeletal muscle fibers to resume their resting length when stretching force is removed. ex) trampoline springs

Question 57

excitability

Answer 57

also called irritability; ability of skeletal muscles to receive and respond to a nerve supply by contracting. Ex) nerves send messages to the heart

Question 58

extensibility

Answer 58

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.

Question 59

origin

Answer 59

the attachment site that does not move when muscles contract

Question 60

insertion

Answer 60

attachment site that moves during muscular contraction

Question 61

tendon

Answer 61

band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone

Question 62

ligament

Answer 62

band of fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone