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Muscular system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| articul/o | joint |
| card/o, cardi/o | heart |
| 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 |
| neur/o | nerve |
| orth/o | straight |
| ped/o | child;foot |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped |
| sarc/o | flesh;connective tissue |
| son/o | sound |
| tax/o | coordination;order |
| ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o | tendon |
| tens/o | stretched;strained |
| ton/o | tone;tension |
| vers/o | turn;turning |
| a-, an- | not; without |
| ab- | away; away from |
| ad- | toward |
| bi- | two; both |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| dorsi- | back |
| dys- | painful; difficult |
| e-, ex- | out; away from |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| in- | In; into; not |
| par-, para- | Near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal |
| poly- | many |
| quadri- | four |
| tachy- | fast |
| tri- | three |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ic | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | Hernia; swelling; protrusion |
| -ceps | Heads (attachments) |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal; excision |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -gram | record; image |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ion | process; state; condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation; loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | Instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination using a scope |
| -tomy | Process of cutting; incision |
| -tonia | tone; tension |
| -trophy | condition of growth or development |
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