Muscular System Terms Flashcards by Veronica Nwanna | Brainscape

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Articul/o

A

Joint

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Card/o, cardi/o

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Heart

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Duct/o

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To lead; to carry

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Electric/o

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Electricity

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Fasci/o

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Fibrous band; fascia

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Fibr/o

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Fiber

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Flex/o

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To bend

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Kines/o kinesi/o

A

Movement

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Lei/o

A

Smooth

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Muscul/o

A

Muscle

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My/o myos/o

A

Muscle

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Myocardi/o

A

Heart muscle

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Neur/o

A

Nerve

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Orth/o

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Straight; normal

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Ped/o

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Child; foot

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Plant/o

A

Sole of the foot

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Radi/o

A

X-rays

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Rhabd/o

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Rod-shaped

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Sarc/o

A

Flesh; connective tissue

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Son/o

A

Sound

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Tax/o

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Coordination; order

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Ten/o, tendin/o tendon/o

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Tendon

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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

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Turn; turning

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A-,an-

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Not; without

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Ab-

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Away; away from

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Ad-

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Toward

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Bi-

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Two; both

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Brady-

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Slow

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Circum-

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Around

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Dorsi-

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Back

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Dys-

A

Painful; difficult

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E-, ex-

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Out; away from

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Hemi-

A

Half

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Hyper-

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Above; above normal; excessive

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Hypo-

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Below ;below normal ; deficient

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ic

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Pertaining to

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-Algia

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Pain

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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-cele

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Hernia; swelling; protrusion

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-ceps

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Heads ( attachments )

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-dynia

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Pain

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal; excision

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-esthesia

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Sensation

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-gram

A

Record; image

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-graphy

A

Process of recording

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-ia

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Condition

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-ion

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Process; state; condition

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logy

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Study of

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-lysis

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Breakdown; separation; loosening

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-malacia

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Softening

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-oma

A

Tumor; mass

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-paresis

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Weakness

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-penia

A

Defeciency

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-plasty

A

Surgical repair

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-plegic

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Pertaining to paralysis

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-scope

A

Instrument used to view

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-scopy

A

Visual examination using a scope

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-Tomy

A

Process of cutting; incision

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-tonia

A

Tone; tension

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-trophy

A

Condition of growth or development