2.02 Muscular System Medical Terminology And Key Words

Front 1

a- , an-

Back 1

Without

Front 2

ab-

Back 2

away from

Front 3

ad-

Back 3

Toward

Front 4

-algia

Back 4

pain

Front 5

-asthenia

Back 5

Weakness

Front 6

-ation

Back 6

action

Front 7

Bi-

Back 7

Two

Front 8

ex

Back 8

out

Front 9

fibro-

Back 9

Fiber, tissue

Front 10

Hyper-

Back 10

Excessive

Front 11

Iso-

Back 11

equal

Front 12

myo

Back 12

Muscle

Front 13

Physio-

Back 13

natural, physical

Front 14

pro

Back 14

Before, forward

Front 15

quadri-

Back 15

Four

Front 16

Tonic

Back 16

Tension

Front 17

Tri-

Back 17

Three

Front 18

-trophy

Back 18

Development

Front 19

abduction

Back 19

Movement away from the midline

Front 20

Adduction

Back 20

Movement toward the midline

Front 21

Aerobic

Back 21

Requiring oxygen

Front 22

agonist

Back 22

Contracts the muscle to cause movement

Front 23

Anaerobic

Back 23

requiring no oxygen

Front 24

Antagonist

Back 24

Produces movement in the opposite direction of prime mover

Front 25

Circumduction

Back 25

Circular movement of a joint

Front 26

Dilate

Back 26

Become wider, larger or more open

Front 27

Oxygen debt

Back 27

Deficiency for oxygen from physical activity

Front 28

Prime mover

Back 28

Produces movement for a muscle in a single direction

Front 29

Pronation

Back 29

Rotation of a hand or forearm so that the palm faces downward

Front 30

Rotation

Back 30

Movement that allows a bone to move around a central axis

Front 31

Striated

Back 31

Muscle tissue with repeating sarcomeres giving a striped appearance

Front 32

Supination

Back 32

Palm facing up or when walking the weight is on the outside of the foot

Front 33

Synergists

Back 33

muscles that help support a joint

Front 34

Eversión

Back 34

Turn outward

Front 35

Extensión

Back 35

Act of increasing the angle between two bones, straightening motion

Front 36

Fascia

Back 36

Thin flexible band of connective tissue that holds, separates or binds muscles

Front 37

Flexión

Back 37

Act of decreasing the angle between two bones, bending motion

Front 38

Insertion

Back 38

attachment for skeletal muscle to bone after crossing over a joint to allow movement during muscle contraction

Front 39

Inversión

Back 39

Turn inward

Front 40

Insometric

Back 40

Contracting of a muscle, but the joint does not move

Front 41

Isotonic

Back 41

Maintains a constant tension as the muscle changes length

Front 42

Origin

Back 42

attachment site for skeletal muscle to bone that does not move during muscle contraction