Muscular System Vocab

Question 1

Away from the midline

Answer 1

Abduction

Question 2

towards the midline

Answer 2

Adduction

Question 3

without coordination

Answer 3

ataxia

Question 4

two

Answer 4

bi

Question 5

slowness of movement

Answer 5

bradykinesia

Question 6

middle layer of the heart

Answer 6

cardiac muscle

Question 7

swelling

Answer 7

-cele

Question 8

movement of a limb

Answer 8

circumduction

Question 9

raising the foot upwards

Answer 9

dorsiflexion

Question 10

bad or difficult

Answer 10

dys-

Question 11

impairment of voluntary movements

Answer 11

dyskinesia

Question 12

neurological movement disorder

Answer 12

dystonia

Question 13

measures muscle response

Answer 13

electromyography

Question 14

extending

Answer 14

extension

Question 15

membrane supporting muscles

Answer 15

fasci/o

Question 16

fibrous tissue, fibers

Answer 16

fibr/o

Question 17

bending an arm or leg

Answer 17

flexion

Question 18

excessive movement of a joint

Answer 18

hyperextension

Question 19

excessive movement

Answer 19

hyperkinesia

Question 20

decreased muscle tone

Answer 20

hypotonia

Question 21

condition of diseased or abnormal state

Answer 21

-ia

Question 22

pertaining to

Answer 22

-ic

Question 23

movement/motion

Answer 23

kinesi/o

Question 24

autoimmune disorder

Answer 24

Myasthenia Gravis

Question 25

muscle

Answer 25

my/o

Question 26

degeneration of muscle

Answer 26

myocele

Question 27

doctor who studies the brain

Answer 27

neurologist

Question 28

situated at an angle

Answer 28

oblique

Question 29

inability to move the lower parts of the body

Answer 29

paraplegia

Question 30

paralysis of skeletal muscles

Answer 30

-plegia

Question 31

rotation of the forearm

Answer 31

pronation

Question 32

breaking, bursting

Answer 32

-rrhexis

Question 33

highly organized tissue

Answer 33

skeletal muscle

Question 34

contracts without voluntary control

Answer 34

smooth muscle

Question 35

order, arrangement

Answer 35

tax/o

Question 36

suturing the end of a tendon to the bone

Answer 36

tenodesis

Question 37

free a tendon from adhesions

Answer 37

tenolysis

Question 38

union of torn or divided tendons by sutures

Answer 38

tenorrhaphy

Question 39

combining term meaning tendon

Answer 39

ten/o

Question 40

tone, tension, pressure

Answer 40

ton/o

Question 41

horizontal plane passing through the body

Answer 41

transverse

Question 42

three

Answer 42

tri

Question 43

paralysis that affects all four limbs

Answer 43

quadriplegia

Question 44

characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain

Answer 44

Fibromyalgia