Chapter 3 Review
84 Introduction to Medical Terminology
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Anatomy and Physiology
Directions: Provide the correct term(s) for each
question that follows.
1. What type of body tissue is made up of bundles of
fibers held together by connective tissue?
2. What are the three types of muscle tissue in the
body? Give an example of each.
3. What term is used to describe muscles that are
controlled consciously?
4. What term is used to describe muscles that
cannot be consciously controlled?
5. Which property describes the ability of muscle
to shorten (for example, the biceps muscle when
flexed)?
6. Which property describes the ability of skeletal
muscle fibers to resume their resting length when
a stretching force is removed?
7. Identify the term for the attachment site of a muscle
that does not move when the muscle contracts.
8. What is the name for the attachment site of a
muscle that moves during muscular contraction?
9. What is the term for the band of fibrous tissue that
connects muscle to bone?
10. What is the term for the band of fibrous tissue that
connects bone to bone?
Word Construction
Directions: Using word parts and meanings presented
in the chapter, build the medical term described in
each definition that follows.
1. surgical repair of a muscle
2. pertaining to muscle
3. process of leading toward
4. pertaining to the sole of the foot
5. the study of movement
6. paralysis of half (of the body)
7. without growth or development
8. three heads (a muscle with three heads or
attachments)
9. pertaining to paralysis of four (extremities)
10. process of leading away from
11. process of bending
12. inflammation of the tendon
Word Surgery
Directions: Dissect each medical term into its word
parts. Identify the word-part types (prefix, combining
form, or suffix), and write the meaning(s) of each word
part. Then write a definition of the term.
Example: muscular
Dissection: muscul / ar
muscul / o (combining form) = muscle
-ar (suffix) = pertaining to
Definition: pertaining to muscle
1. hypertrophy
2. dystaxia
3. hypotonia
4. myomalacia
5. leiomyosarcoma
6. paresthesia
7. hyperextension
8. adduction
9. myocele
10. eversion
11. circumduction
12. fibromyalgia
Matching
Directions: Match the combining form (root word and
combining vowel) to the correct meaning.
1. fibr/o
2. rhabd/o
3. lei/o
4. muscul/o
5. plant/o
6. kinesi/o
7. orth/o
8. articul/o
9. sarc/o
10. tax/o
11. flex/o
12. ton/o
13. tendin/o
14. myocardi/o
15. tens/o
a. heart muscle
b. coordination; order
c. muscle
d. tendon
e. rod-shaped
f. movement
g. stretched; strained
h. straight; normal
i. tone; tension
j. smooth
k. flesh
l. joint
m. to bend
n. fiber
o. sole of the foot
Spelling
Directions: Identify the correctly spelled medical term
in each numbered item.
1. fasciitis fasceitis
fashiitis fascitis
2. hypertonnia hipertonia
hypertonia hypertoenia
3. myalgea myalgia
mialgea mialgia
4. dorsaflexion dorsiflexion
dorsaflection dorsiflection