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40 Cards in this Set
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3 types of muscles
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cardiac
visceral skeletal |
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aponeuroses
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broad connective tissues
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flexion
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decrease angle between two bones
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extension
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increases the angle between two bones
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pronation
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turning the palm down
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supination
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turning he palm upward
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abduction
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movement of limb away from the body
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adduction
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movement of limb toward the body
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eversion
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movement of sole of foot outward away from midline
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inversion
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movement of the sole of foot toward the midline
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dorsiflexion
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flexion of ankle moving the foot upward
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plantar flexion
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flexion of ankle pointing the toes toward the ground
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fibr/o
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fiber
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skelet/o
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skeleton
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fasci/o
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fascia (band of tissue surrounding a muscle)
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fascial
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pertaining to faschia
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fasciitis/fascitis
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inflammation of the fascia
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kinesi/o
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movement
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kinesiology
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the study of movement
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muscul/o
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muscle
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fibromyalgia
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chronic muscle pain
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myopathy
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any muscle disease
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tendin/o
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tendon
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tendinous
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pertaining to a tendon
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tenotomy
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cutting a tendon
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ton/o
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tone/tension
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atonic
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pertaining to no tone or tension
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dystonia
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abnormal muscle tone
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myotonia
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muscle unable to relax; a type of dystonia
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tonic
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pertaining to tone
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bradykinesia
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slow movement
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dyskinesia
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poor muscle movement
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hyperkinesis
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hyperactivity
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taxia
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order
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ataxia
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no muscle coordiantion
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Duchenne's
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a type of muscular dystrophy
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strain
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overstretched or pulled muscle
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peroneal
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pertaining to muscles over the fibula
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peritoneal
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pertaining to the peritoneum, a membrane lining the abdominal cavity
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perineal
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area between vagina and anus
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