In the term hydrotherapy, the suffix -therapy means:
a. treatment
b. form
c. process
d. condition
a. treatment
The surgical removal of a limb, part, or other appendage is:
a. contracture
b. amputation
c. structure
d. suspension
b. amputation
The __________ position is where the body is erect, head facing forward, arms by the sides with palms to the front.
a. supine
b. Sims
c. Fowlers
d. anatomic
d. anatomic
The suffix -oma means
a. study of
b. pain
c. germ cell
d. tumor
d. tumor
Which word means -spasm
a. pain
b. tension
c. to draw together
d. cramp
b. tension
In the term tenodynia, the suffix -dynia means:
a. binding
b. incision
c. pain
d. suture
c. pain
In the term rheumatism, the root rheumat means:
a. discharge
b. weakness
c. fever
d. process
a. discharge
A muscle having three heads with a single insertion is called:
a. biceps
b. uniceps
c. quadriceps
d. triceps
d. triceps
In the term torsion, the root tors means:
a. twisted
b. below
c. excessive
d. lack of
a. twisted
In the term tenodesis, the suffix -desis means:
a. binding
b. surgical repair
c. excision
d. incision
a. binding
The sartorious muscle _______________.
a. flexes and rotates the thigh and leg
b. flexes the knee
c. plantar flexes the knee
d. extends the hip and assists flexion of the hip
a. flexes and rotates the thigh and leg
In the term isometric the root is/o means
a. within
b. different
c. equal
d. alone
c. equal
A tumor of striated muscle tissue is known as a:
a. rhabdomyoma
b. sarcoma
c. myoma
d. none of these
a. rhabdomyoma
The position used for patients with dyspnea is:
a. Fowler's
b. anatomic
c. lithotomy
d. orthopneic
d. orthopneic
The root mast in sternocleidomastoid means:
a. clavicle
b. resemble
c. breast
d. sternum
c. breast
Which of the following terms refers to the softening of muscle tissue?
a. myoplasty
b. myomalacia
c. myoma
d. myopathy
b. myomalacia
Muscles make up approximately __________ of a person's body weight.
a. 46
b. 32
c. 42
d. 38
c. 42
The root in myosarcoma means:
a. bone
b. flesh
c. suture
d. tumor
b. flesh
In the term myomalacia, the suffix -malacia means:
a. hardening
b. forming
c. softening
d. resembling
c. softening
In the term amputation, the root amputat means:
a. new opening
b. incision
c. excision
d. to cut through
d. to cut through
In the term dermatomyositis, the combining form my/o means:
a. skin
b. to cut
c. nail
d. muscle
d. muscle
The medical term for pain in the arm is:
a. brachialis
b. brachium
c. brachialgia
d. bradykinesia
c. brachialgia
The suffix -rrhapy means
a. suture
b. removal
c. bursting forth
d. surgical repair
a. suture
Skeletal muscle is also known as ____________ muscles.
a. voluntary
b. cardiac
c. striated
d. both voluntary and striated
d. both voluntary and striated
Which of the following terms describes a protein found in muscle cells?
a. dystrophian
b. dystonia
c. dystrophin
d. dystrophy
c. dystrophin
Which of the following terms refers to a point of attachment of a muscle to the part that it moves?
a. intramuscular contraction
b. insertion
c. attachor
d. muscular dystrophy
b. insertion