From Canvas (Medical Terminology) - Unit 5: The Muscular System

ankyl/o

stiff

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

bucc/o

cheek

burs/o

bursa (sac that holds synovial fluid)

dors/o

back

duct

leading

electr/o

electrical / electricity

eryth/o

red

fasci/o

band of fibrous tissue / connective tissue

fibr/o / ibr-

fiber

gravis

grave or very grave (serious)

leiomy/o

smooth muscle

muscul/o

muscle

my/o / my

muscle

myc/o

fungus

myel/o

spinal cord or bone marrow

orth

straight

oste

bone

pector/o

pertaining to the chest

rhabdomy/o

striated muscle / skeletal muscle

spondyl/o

vertebra

ten/o / tendin/o / tend/o

tendon

therm

hot, heat

thorac/o

pertaining to the chest

ton/o / tonic / tonia

tone, tension

troph/o / trophy

growth or development

a- / an-

without, no, not

ab-

away from (midline)

ad-

toward (midline)

bi-

two, double

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, difficult, painful, disordered

hyper-

excessive

poly-

many

tri-

three

-algia

pain

-centesis

surgical puncture

-ectomy

surgical removal

-gram

record or picture

-graph

record

-graphy

process of recording

-itis

inflammation

-kinesia

movement

-meter / -metry

to measure / measuring

-osis

condition

-otomy

surgical incision

-pathy

disease or disorder

-plasty

surgical repair

-scopy

view with a scope / viewing with an endoscope

-sthenia

strength

-taxia

order, coordination