muscular word parts

ligament/o

ligament

muscl/o

muscle

tendin/o

tendon

-trophy

growth

a-

without, lacking

-ure

result

contract/o

draw together

hyper-

above, beyond, excessive

-algia

pain

my/o

muscle

poly-

many, excessive

-gram

record or picture

electr/o

electrical activity

-graphy

process of recording

-ist

specialist

iatr/o

physician, treatment

physi/o

nature, function

therap/o

treatment

-al

pertainingto

kinesi/o

movement

-ology

study of

fasci/o

fascia (membrane supporting muscles)

-otomy

surgical incision (cut)

-rrhaphy

suture

tax/o

order, coordination

a-

without, lacking

-ia

condition

hyper-

above, beyond, excessive

-clonus

violent muscular spasms

-algia

pain

fibr/o

fiber

-asthenia

weakness

-trophy

growth

dys-

difficult, abnormal

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, dissolving

rhabd/o

rod-shaped, striated

-oma

tumor

sarc/o

flesh (connective tissue)

-collis

neck

torus

twisted, crooked