Med Term - Muscular System

ambul/o

to walk or move about

articul/o

joint

brachi/o

arm

dextr/o

to the right

duct/o

to lead; to carry

electr/o

electricity

fasci/o

fibrous band; fascia

fibr/o

fiber

flex/o

to bend

kines/o, kinesi/o

movement

lei/o

smooth

muscul/o

muscle

my/o, myos/o

muscle

myocardi/o

heart muscle

orth/o

straight; normal

plant/o

sole of the foot

radi/o

X-rays

rhabd/o

rod-shaped

son/o

sound

tax/o, taxi/o

coordination; order

ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o

tendon

tens/o

stretched; strained

therm/o

hot; heat

ton/o

tone; tension

vers/o

turn; turning

ante-

before

brady-

slow

circum-

around

dorsi-

back

dys-

painful; difficult

hemi-

half

par-, para-

near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal

quadri-

four

semi-

half

tri-

three

-asthenia

weakness

-cele

hernia; swelling; protrusion

-ceps

heads (attachments)

-dynia

pain

-gram

record; image

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition

-ion

process; state; condition

-lysis

breakdown; separation; loosening

-paresis

weakness

-penia

deficiency

-plegia

paralysis

-plegic

pertaining to paralysis

-rrhexis

rupture

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

visual examination using a scope

-tonia

tone; tension

-trophy

condition of growth or development

ACL

anterior cruciate ligament

ADL

activities of daily living

amb

ambulate (walk)

DTR

deep tendon reflex

EMG

electromyogram

IM

intramuscular

RICE

rest, ice, compression, elevation

ROM

range of motion