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45 Cards in this Set
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What do the tendons attach? |
Muscle to bone. |
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What attaches the calf muscle to the heel? |
Achilles tendon |
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What is the function of a synergist muscle? |
Helps prime movers by stabilizing the movement. |
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What is acetylcholine? |
Chemical used by nerve endings to send impulses across the synapse to the muscle.
[Causes muscles to contract]
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What muscle is involuntary and striated? |
Cardiac muscle |
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What is tetany? Is it normal? |
Twitching and cramping of a muscle caused by low serum (blood) calcium level.
It is not normal.
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Name an example of isometric muscle movement. |
Pushing against a wall. |
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What is a characteristic of irritability? |
Ability of a muscle to respond to simulation. |
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What is origin ? |
More-fixed muscle anchored to a nonmoving bone. |
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What is insertion? |
Muscle anchored to a moving bone. |
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What is ATP? |
*[Adenosine triphosphate]
Transports chemical energy within cells for metabolism. |
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What is electromyography? |
*[EMG]
Procedure that records the electrical activity of muscles. |
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What is neuromuscular junction? |
Where the muscle fiber and nerve endings meet. |
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What is anaerobic? |
Living in the absence of oxygen. |
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What is sarcopenia? |
Loss of muscle tissue as a natural part of the aging process.
*[Also occurs when muscle are rarely used] |
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What is myasthenia gravis? |
A condition causing abnormal weakness of certain muscles. |
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What is fibromyositis? |
Inflammation of the muscle fibers.
*[muscle and tendon] |
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Can muscles push and pull? |
They can do both. |
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What is trichinosis? |
Parasite from meats, especially pork, that goes to the digestive track and deposits larvae into the muscle tissue. |
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What is the cause of tetanus? |
Bacterium, *[clostridium tetani], enters the body through a deep, open wound. |
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What is a hernia? |
Protrusion (bulging) of an organ or part of an organ through a weakness in a muscle wall. |
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What do the ligaments attach? |
Bone to bone. |
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What is scoliosis? |
Lateral S curvature of the spine that can cause an individual to lose inches in height. |
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What is a sprain? |
Overstretching or tearing of a ligament or joint. |
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What is a strain? |
Overstretching or tearing of a muscle and/or tendon. |
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What is Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)? |
Compression injury that manifests itself as fluctuating pain, numbness, and paresthesias of the hand caused by compression of the median nerve of the wrist. |
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What is osteomalacia? |
Softening of bone caused by a loss of minerals from the bony matrix as a result of Vitamin D deficiency. |
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What is rheumatoid arthritis? |
Inflammatory joint disease believed to be autoimmune in nature; occurs in a much younger population (20- 45) than OA. |
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What is fibromyalgia? |
*[Nerve pain]
Disorder characterized by musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, muscle stiffness and spasms and sleep disturbances. |
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What is stenosis? |
Abnormal condition of narrowing. |
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What is the visual examination of a joint? |
Arthroscopy |
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What is the surgical puncture of a joint? |
Arthrocentesis |
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What is osteoporosis? |
Loss of bone mass, which results in the bones being fragile and at risk for fractures. |
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What is subluxation? |
A bone that is partially out of the joint. |
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What is dislocation? |
A bone that is completely out of its place in a joint. |
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What is a degenerative joint disease? |
Osteoarthritis (OA) |
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What is the loss of bone mass? |
Osteoporosis/Osteopenia |
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What is the infection of bone and bone marrow? |
Osteomyelitis |
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What is lumbago? |
Lower back pain |
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Spell "Rheumatoid." |
R-H-E-U-M-A-T-O-I-D |
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What is -listhesis? |
Slipping |
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What is spondyl/o? |
Vertebra |
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What is arthr/o, articul/o? |
Joint |
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What is -centesis? |
Surgical puncture |
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What is chondro/o? |
Cartilage |
