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Medical Terminology

  1. fasci/o-
    fibrous band
  2. fibr/o-
    fibers
  3. kinesi/o-
    movement
  4. muscl/o-
    my/o-
    myos/o-
    muscle
  5. myocardi/o-
    plant/o-
    sole of foot
  6. ten/o-
    tend/o-
    tendin/o-
    tendon
  7. -asthenia
    weakness
  8. -kinesia
    movement
  9. -tonia
    tone
  10. ab-
    away from
  11. ad-
    toward
  12. circum-
    around
  13. abduction
    away from body
  14. adduction
    into body
  15. flexion
    bending
  16. extension
    moving straight
  17. dorsiflexion
    backward bending...... toes up
  18. plantar flexion
    bending sole of foot.... toes down
  19. eversion
    outward
  20. inversion
    inward
  21. pronation
    palms down
  22. supination
    palm upward
  23. circumduction
    drawing a large circle in the air... circular direction from a central point
  24. opposition
    thumb
  25. rotation
    moving around a central axis
Author
bvbm08
ID
133363
Card Set
Medical Terminology
Description
Muscular system
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