Muscular System and Disorders

Which combining form means movement?

• kinesi/o
• tax/o
• ton/o

Which type of muscle tissue makes possible the movement of internal organs?

• smooth
• striated
• voluntary

Which term means move towards the midline?

• abduction
• adduction
• elevation

Which term means suture a tendon to a bone?

• tendonesis
• tenolysis
• tenotomy

Which type of movement bends the knee and brings the lower leg backwards?

• elevation
• extension
• flexion

Skeletal muscle is which of the following?

• stimulated by motor neurons
• voluntary muscle
• striated muscle
• all of the above

Which term means the surgical suturing of a muscle? 

• myorrhaphy
• myectomy
• myotomy

Which term means pain in the leg muscles during exercise that is relieved by rest?

• intermittent claudication
• myasthenia
• spasmodic torticollis

Which term means movement of a limb or body part beyond its normal limit?

• hyperextension
• flexion
• elevation

A ruptured rotator cuff develops when cuff tendinitis is left untreated

• True
• False