AH 311 - Muscular System Medical Terminology

Word parts and individual terms

Muscle

my/o, myos/o, muscul/o

paralysis

-plegia

partial paralysis

-paresis

fascia

fasci/o

fibrous tissue

fibr/o

movement

kinesi/o, kines/o

coordination

tax/o

tendon

tendin/o, ten/o, tend/o

tone

ton/o

flesh or muscle

sarc/o

rapid contracting and relaxing

clon/o

bad

dys-

hernia

-cele

two

bi-

three

tri-

rupture

-rrhexis

surgical suture

-rrhaphy

half

hemi-

pain

-algia

synovial membrane or fluid

synovi/o, synov/o

deficiency or lack of

-penia

Connects muscles to bones

tendon

Connects bones to bones

ligament

What is it called when the myosin head binds to actin?

cross bridging

What is it called when the myosin head pulls on actin?

power stroke