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unit 5 terms

  1. a
    without
  2. ab
    away from
  3. ad 
    toward
  4. algia
    pain
  5. ambul
    walking
  6. asthenia
    weakness
  7. bi
    two
  8. blepharo
    eyelids
  9. brady
    slow
  10. cardia
    heart
  11. cardio
    heart
  12. duction
    movement
  13. dys
    bad
  14. electro
    electricity
  15. endo
    within
  16. epi
    on
  17. fasci
    fibrous bands
  18. fibro
    fiber
  19. gram 
    recorded picture
  20. hemi
    half
  21. hyper
    above
  22. ic 
    pertaining to
  23. ititis 
    inflammation of
  24. ium 
    pertaining to
  25. kinesio
    movement
  26. kinesia
    movement
  27. leio
    smooth
  28. metri
    uterine tissue
  29. myo
    muscle
  30. ology
    study of
  31. oma
    tumor
  32. para
    beyond
  33. peri
    around
  34. phagia
    eating
  35. phasia
    speaking
  36. plasty
    surgical repair
  37. plegia
    paralysis
  38. quad
    four
  39. rrhexis
    rupture
  40. sarco
    flesh
  41. spasm
    sudden, involuntary muscular contraction
  42. tachy
    rapid
  43. teno 
    tendon
  44. tendino
    tendon
  45. tetan
    stiff
  46. tono
    tension
  47. tri
    three
  48. trophy
    development
  49. abduction
    movement away from
  50. adduction
    movement towards
  51. ambulate
    to walk
  52. aphasia
    without speech
  53. atrophy
    without development
  54. blepharospasm
    involuntary contraction of the eyelid
  55. bradycardia
    slow heart
  56. bradykinesia
    slow movement
  57. dysphagia
    difficulty swallowing or eating
  58. Dysphasia
    difficulty speaking or talking
  59. dystrophy
    bad development
  60. electromyogram
    recording of the electrical activity of the muscles
  61. endomysium 
    pertaing to within the muscles
  62. epimysium
    pertaining to on or upon the muscles
  63. fascia
    fascia or fibrous bands
  64. fibromyalgia
    pain in the muscle fibers
  65. hemiplegia
    half paralyzed 
  66. hypertrophy 
    overdevelopment
  67. kinesiology 
    study of movement or motion
  68. leiomyoma
    tumors of the smooth muscle
  69. myalgia
    muscle pain
  70. myasthenia
    muscle weakness
  71. myocardium 
    refering to the heart muscle
  72. myoma
    tumor of the muscles
  73. myometrium
    muscular uterine tissue
  74. myorrhexis
    rupture of the muscles
  75. paraplegia
    beyond paralysis
  76. perimysium
    pertaining to around the muscles
  77. phrenic
    pertaining to the diaphragm
  78. quadriplegia
    paralysis of four
  79. sarcolemma
    muscle membrane
  80. tachycardia
    rapid heart
  81. tendinitis
    inflammation of the tendon
  82. teninoplasty
    surgical repair of the tendon
  83. tetanus
     condition of stiffness
  84. amb
    ambulate
  85. CNS
    central nervous system
  86. GI 
    gastrointestinal 
  87. HR
    heart rate
  88. IM
    intramusclular
  89. K 
    potassium
  90. kg
    kilogram
  91. lb
    pound
  92. MI
    myocardial infarction
  93. NA
    sodium
  94. P
    pulse
  95. PK
    pain killer
  96. RICE
    rest, ice, compression and elevation
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