Med Term Chapter 8- Muscular System

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What are voluntary muscles?

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perform movement on command

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What are involuntary muscles?

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perform without conscious commmand

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What muscles are voluntary?

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skeletal muscle

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What muscles are involuntary?

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cardiac and visceral

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ligaments?

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tough connective tissue that attaches bones to other bones

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tendons?

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tough CT that attaches muscle to bone

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biceps brachii?

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moves the forearm

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origin of muscle?

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the muscle attachment to the bone that does not move when the muscle contracts

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insertion of a muscle?

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term used for muscle attachment to the bone that moves when the muscle contracts

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flexo?

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bend

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pronatio?

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facing backward

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supinatio?

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facing forward

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tenso?

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stretch

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dorsi?

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back

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ducto?

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to draw

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abductor?

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muscles that move a part away from the midline

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adductor?

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muscles that move a part towards the midline

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electro?

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electric

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electromyography?

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process of recording the electrical activity of muscle

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fascio?

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fascia (band of tissue surrounding the muscles)

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fascial?

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pertaining to the fascia

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fasciectomy?

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excision of fascia

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fasciitis?, fascitis?

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inflammation of the fascia

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fasciorraphy?

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suturing the fascia

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kinesio?

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movement

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kinesiology?

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study of movement

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kinesimeter?

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instrument used to measure

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leio?

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smooth

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leiomyoma?

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benign tumor of smooth muscle

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leiomyosarcoma?

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malignant tumor of smooth muscle

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musculo?

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muscle

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muscular?

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pertaining to muscle

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musculoskeletal?

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pertaining to the muscle and skeleton

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myo?

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muscle

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electromyogram?

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record of the electrical currents in a muscle

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fibromyalgia?

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pain in fibrous tissues such as muscles, tendons, and ligaments

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myalgia?

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muscle pain

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myopathy?

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any muscular disease

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myoso?

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muscle

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myositis?

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inflammation of muscle

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polymyositis?

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inflammation of many muscles

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rhabdo?

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rod-shaped, striped, striated

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rhabdomyoma?

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benign tumor of striated muscle

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rhabdomyosarcoma?

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malignant tumor of striated muscle tissue

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rhabdomyolysis?

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breakdown of striated muscle tissue

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tendino? teno?

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tendon

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tendinitis?

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inflammation of a tendon

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tendinous?

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pertaining to a tendon

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tenodesis?

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surgical fixation of a tendon

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tenotomy?

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cutting of a tendon

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tenosynovio?

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tendon sheath (covering of a tendon)

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tenosynovitis?

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inflamation of a tendon sheath

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tono?

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tone, tension

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atonic?

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pertaining to a muscle that has no tone or tension, atony

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dystonia?

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abnormal muscle tone or tension

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myotonia?

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inability of the muscle to relax after increased muscular contraction

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tonic?

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pertaining to tone, tension

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-asthenia?

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no strength

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myasthenia?

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no muscle strength

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-clonus?

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turmoil

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myoclonus?

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alternate muscular relaxation and contraction in rapid succession

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-ion?

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process of

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abduction?

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process of drawing away from

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adduction?

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process of drawing toward

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circumduction?

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process of drawing a part in a circular motion

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dorsiflexion?

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bending the ankle joint so that the foot bends backward (upward)

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plantar flexion?

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bending the ankle joint so that the top of the foot bends toward the sole of the foot

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extension?

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to stretch out, increasing the angle between two bones

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flexion?

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bending a limb, decreasing the angle between two bones

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pronation?

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process of turning the palm backward

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supination?

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the process of turning the palm forward

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-kinesia?

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movement, motion

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bradykinesia?

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slow movement

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dyskinesia?

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impairment of muscle movement

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hyperkinesia?

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excessive movement

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-trophy?

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nourishment, growth

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atrophy?

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wasting away of the muscle

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dystrophy?

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abnormal development, especially muscle dystrophy

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hypertrophy?

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enlargement of an organ due to an increase in the size of the cells

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-thermy?

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heat

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diathermy?

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heat applied to deep tissues (a treatment for sore muscles)

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

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an overuse of tendons and ligaments in the carpal tunnel passageway in the wrist, they become inflamed and put pressure on the median nerve causing numbness, pain, and weakness

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muscular dystrophy (MD)?

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a number of inherited disorders of the skeletal muscles, main symptoms: muscular weakness and degeneration of muscular tissue

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what is the most common type of muscular dystrophy?

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Duchenne's muscular dystrophy

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muscle strain?

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tearing, twisting, overstretching, or over extension of muscles and tendons (pulled muscle)

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EMG?

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electromyography

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IM?

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intramuscular

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ROM?

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range of motion (degree to which a joint can be moved, full range is 360 degrees, limited range is 60 degrees or less)

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RICE?

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rest, ice, compression, elevation

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SLR?

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straight leg raising