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153 Cards in this Set
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Cause movement, help to maintain posture, and produce heat
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muscles
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Produces various types of body movement through contractility, extensibility, and elasticity
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skeletal muscle
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Produces relatively slow contraction with greater degree of extensibility in the internal organs, especially organs of the digestive, respiratory, and urinary tract, plus certain muscles of the eye and skin, and walls of blood vessels
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smooth muscle
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Contraction of the myocardium, which is controlled by the autonomic nervous system and specialized neuromuscular tissue located within the right atrium
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cardiac muscle
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Bands of connective tissue that attach muscles to bones
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tendons
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Rotates and laterally flexes neck (anterior)
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Sternocleidomastoid
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Draws head back and to the side; rotates scapula (anterior/posterior)
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Trapezius
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Raises and rotates arm (anterior/posterior)
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Deltoid
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Extends leg and assists flexion of thigh (anterior)
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Rectus femoris
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Flexes and rotates the thigh and leg (anterior)
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Sartorius
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Dorsiflexes foot and increases the arch in the beginning process of walking (anterior)
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Tibialis anterior
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Flexes, adducts, and rotates arm (anterior)
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Pectoralis major
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Flexes arm and forearm and supinates forearm (anterior)
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Biceps brachii
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Contracts abdomen and internal organs / viscera (anterior)
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External oblique
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Compresses or flattens abdomen (anterior)
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Rectus abdominus
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Plantar flexes foot and flexes knee (anterior/posterior)
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Gastrocnemius
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Plantar flexes foot (anterior)
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Soleus
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Extends forearm (posterior)
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Triceps
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Adducts, extends, and rotates arm; used during swimming (posterior)
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Latissimus dorsi
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Abducts and rotates thigh (posterior)
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Gluteus medius
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Extends and rotates thigh (posterior)
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Gluteus maximus
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Flexes knee and rotates it outward (posterior)
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Biceps femoris
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Flexes and rotates leg; extends thigh (posterior)
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Semitendinosus and Semimembranosus
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Plantar (sole of foot) flexion and extension of ankle (posterior)
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Achilles tendon
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ab-
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away from
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duct
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to lead
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-or
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a doer
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ad-
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toward
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amputat
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to cut through
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ant-
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against
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agon
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agony, a contest
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-ist
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agent
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a-
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lack of
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-taxia
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order
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ton
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tone, tension
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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bi-
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two
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-ceps
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head
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brachi
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arm
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brady-
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slow
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-kinesia
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motion
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clon
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turmoil
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con-
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with, together
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tract
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to draw
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-ure
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process
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dactylo
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finger or toe
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-spasm
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tension, spasm
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dermato
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skin
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my
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muscle
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dia-
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through
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-phragm
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a fence, partition
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therm
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hot, heat
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-y
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pertaining to
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dys-
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difficult
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-ia
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condition
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troph
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a turning
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-in
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chemical
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fasc
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a band
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fibro
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fiber
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-ure
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process
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dactylo
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finger or toe
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-spasm
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tension, spasm
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dermato
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skin
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my
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muscle
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dia-
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through
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-phragm
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a fence, partition
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therm
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hot, heat
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-y
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pertaining to
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dys-
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difficult
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-ia
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condition
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troph
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a turning
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-in
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chemical
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fasc
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a band
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fibro
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fiber
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hydro-
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water
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-therapy
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treatment
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in-
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into
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sert
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to gain
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-ion
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process
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intra-
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within
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muscul
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muscle
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-ar
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pertaining to
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iso
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equal
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metr
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to measure
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levat
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lifter
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-asthenia
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weakness
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gravis
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grave
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-kinesis
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motion
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-malacia
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softening
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-paresis
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weakness
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-pathy
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disease
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rraphy
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suture
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sarc
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flesh
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scler
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hardening
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision
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neuro
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nerve
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path
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disease
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poly-
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many
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-plegia
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stroke, paralysis
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prosthe
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an addition
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-sis
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condition
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quadri-
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four
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-ceps
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head
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relaxat
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to loosen
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rhabdo
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rod
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rotat
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to turn
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lemma
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a rind
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spastic
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convulsive
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-ity
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condition
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cleido
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clavicle
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erget
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work
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synov
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synovial membrane
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teno
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tendon
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-desis
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binding
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tors
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twisted
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torti
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twisted
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-collis
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neck
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tri-
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three
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volunt
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will
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ACR
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American College of Rheumatology
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AE
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above elbow
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AK
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above knee
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ALD
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aldolase
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ALT
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alanine aminotransferase
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AST
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aspartate aminotransferase
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BE
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below elbow
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BK
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below knee
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Ca
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calcium
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CPM
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continuous passive motion
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DTRs
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deep tendon reflexes
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EMG
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electromyography
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FMS
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fibromyalgia syndrom
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FROM
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full range of motion
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IM
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intramuscular
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LDH
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lactic dehydrogenase
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LOM
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limitation or loss of motion
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MD
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muscular dystrophy
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MG
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myasthenia gravis
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MS
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musculoskeletal
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NSAIDs
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nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
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PM
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physical medicine
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PMR
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physical medicine and rehabilitation
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ROM
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range of motion
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SGOT
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serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase
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SGPT
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serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase
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sh
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shoulder
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SOB
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shortness of breath
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TBW
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total body weight
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TJ
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triceps jerk
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