Chapter 8 Prefix and Vocabulary Test

Prefix for "something inserted"

• calat-

• inter-

• -troph

• erg-

Prefix for "over/more"

• myo-

• laten-

• hyper-

• endo-

Enlargement of muscle fibers.

• synergist

• myofibril

• intercalated disc

• muscular hypertrophy

Means "well fed"

• myo-

• -troph

• tetan-

• fat

Time between application of a stimulus and the beginning of a muscle contraction.

• A band

• I band

• latent period

• muscle spasm

Means "work"

• erg-

• sacro-

• syn-

• tetan-

Contractile structure within a muscle cell.

• myofilament

• muscle fiber

• myofibril

• muscular hypertrophy

Means "hidden"

• laten-

• calat-

• sacro-

• tetan-

Material (cytoplasm) within a muscle fiber.

• intercalated disc

• synergist

• latent period

• sacroplasm

Sustained muscular contraction.

• stiff

• tetanic contraction

• tetan-

• muscular hypertrophy