Suffixes | Combining Forms | Contrastin Muscle Motion | Pathology of MuscularSystem | Miscellanous |
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What is -ia?
abnormal condition or disease
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What is ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o?
tendon
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What is abduction?
means movement of limb away from the midline of the body
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What is Fasciitis?
Inflammation of a fascia
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What is myolysis ?
degeneration of muscle tissue
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What is -ic?
pertaining to
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What is fasci/o?
fascia
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What is pronation?
is the act of rotating the arm or leg so that the palm of the hand or sole of foot is turned downward or backward
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What is Fibromyalgia?
Is a debilitating chronic condition characterized by fatigue, muscle, joint, or bone pain; and other symptoms.
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What is atonic?
lacking normal muscle tone or strength
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What is -cele?
hernia, tumor,swelling
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What is fibr/o
fiber, fibrous tissue
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What is adduction?
movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
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What is Tenosynovitis?
Is an inflammation of the sheath surrounding a tendon
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What is polymyositis?
the disease characterized by inflammation and weakening of voluntary muscles in many parts of the body
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What is -plegia?
paralysis, stroke
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What is kinesi/o ?
movement
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What is dorsiflexion?
movement that bends the foot upward at the ankle
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What is Tendinitis?
Inflammation of the tendons
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What is neuromuscular?
means pertaining to the relationship between a nerve and a muscle
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What is -rrhexis?
rupture
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What is tax/o?
coordination, order
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What is circumduction?
circular movement at the far end of limb
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What is Sacropenia?
The age-related reduction in skeletal muscle mass in older adults is known as
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What is aponerusosis?
the point where the muscle ends by attaching to a bone or tendon.
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