Exam 28: Muscle and Movement: A Comprehensive Guide to Anatomy and Conditions

The combining form kines/o- means :

A semisolid or fluid-containing cyst located on a tendon is known as a ____________.

The combining form orth/o- in the word orthopedics means bone.

Which word means pain in several muscle groups?

Muscle fibers contain hundreds of nuclei scattered throughout the length of each fiber.

Insertion of a needle to aspirate muscle tissue is known as a closed biopsy.

Hamstrings is a collective name for the four muscles on the anterior and lateral aspects of the upper leg.

Muscular dystrophy is a genetic inherited disease due to a mutation of the gene that makes a muscle protein.

The category of ____________ drugs includes over-the-counter aspirin and acetaminophen drugs used to decrease inflammation and pain.

The hamstrings is the collective name for three muscles in the ____________.

The brachioradialis muscle is located in the:

To treat myasthenia gravis,the doctor suggests that the patient undergo a ____________,which means surgical excision of the thymus.

The suffix -ceps means head.

Which is an uncomfortable twitching of the muscles of the legs,particularly the calf muscles,along with an indescribable tingling,aching,or crawling-insect sensation?

The DTR is known as the ____________.

When your outstretched arm turns the palm down,this action is known as:

Which is the short muscle that flexes the big toe?

The suffix -rrhaphy,as in myorrhaphy or tenorrhaphy,means ____________.

Inflammation of a cordlike band of connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone is known as:

The suffix -oma means :