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81 Cards in this Set
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temporals
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lifts the jawbone (manidible)
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fascilcles
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cells held together by fascilcles (bundles) by connecitve tissue
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fascia
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covering each muscle is a shealth of connective tissue or (fasia)
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tendons
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The origin of a tendon is where it joins to a muscle
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neuromuscular junction (NMJ)
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A neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is the synapse or junction of the axon terminal
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muscle action
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skeletal muscle are stimulated to contract by motor neurons of the nervous system
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flexion
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closing the angle at a joint, (beding at the knee or elbow)
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extension
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opening the angle at a joint (straighting at the knee or elbow)
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abduction
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movement away from the midline of the body (outward movement of the arms at the shoulders)
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adduction
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movement toward the midline of the body (return of lifted arms to the body)
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rotation
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turning of a body part on its own axis (turning of the forearm from the elbow)
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circumduction
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circular movement from a central point (describing a circle with an outstretched arm)
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pronation
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turning downward (turning the palm of the hand downward)
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supination
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turnin upward, (turning the palm of the hand upward)
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eversion
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turning outward, (turning the sole of the foot outward)
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inversion
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turning inward (turning the sole of the foot inward)
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dorsiflexion
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bending backward, (moving the foot so that the toes point upward, away from the sole of the foot)
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plantar flexion
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bending the sole of the foot, (pointing the toes downward)
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actin
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The protein actin is one of the most highly conserved throughout evolution because it interacts with a large number of other proteins, with 80.2% sequence conservation at the gene level between Homo sapiens and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (a species of yeast), and 95% conservation of the primary structure of the protein product.
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my/o
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muscle, (myositis) inflammation of the muscle.
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muscul/o
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muscle (ex.musculotropic) acting on or attached to muscle tissue
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in/o
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FIBER (ex.inosclerosis), hardening of tissue from an increase of fibers
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fasci/0
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FASCIA (ex. fasciodesis), binding (suture) ofa fascia to a tendon or other fasia
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ten/o, tendin/o
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TENDON (ex.tenostosis), ossification of tendon
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ten/tendin/o
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TENDON (ex tenostosis) ossification of a tendon
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ton/o
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TONE (cardiotonic) having a stengthening action on the heart
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erg/o
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WORK (ex ergommics) study of the efficient use of energy to work
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kin/o, kine, kinesi/o, kinet/o
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MOVEMENT (ex kinesis) movement (adjective kinetic)
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atony
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lack of muscle tone
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tenodesis
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binding or fusion of tendon
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dyskinesia
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Abnormity of movement
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myalgia
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pain in a muscle
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musculotendinous
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pertaining to muscle and tendon
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polymyositis
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a disease of unknow cause involving muscle inflammation and weakness
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strain
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trauma to a muscle because of overuse of excessive stretch if severe, may involve tearing of muscle, bleeding, or separation of muscle from its tendon or separation of a tendon from bone.
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deltoid
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triangular muscle that covers the shoulder
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pectoralis major
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large muscle of the upper chest
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latissimus dorsi
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large muscle across the back below the trapezius
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gastrocnemius
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main muscle of the calf
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gluteus maximus
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main muscle of the buttocks
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dystrophy
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waising of tissue
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ergograph
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instrument for measuring muscle work
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inotropic
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acting on muscle fibers
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bradykinesia
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slowness of movement
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dystonia
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abnormal muscle tone
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glycogen
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complex sugar stored in muscles
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tetany
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muscular spasms and cramps
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isometric
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type of muscle contraction
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creatine
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a substance that stores energy in muscle cells
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lactic acid
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substances that accumlates in muscles working anaerobically (Anaerobic is a technical word which literally means without air (where "air" is generally used to mean oxygen)
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aponeurosis
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flat white sheetlike tendon
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ataxia
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lack of muscle coordination
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rhabdomyolysis
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disease involving destruction of muscle cells
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clonus
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intermittent muscle contractions
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kinesthesia
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awareness of movement
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torticollis
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wryneck, Torticollis, or wry neck, is a condition in which the head is tilted toward one side, and the chin is elevated and turned toward the opposite side.
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arthetosis
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condition marked by slow, twisting movements,Athetosis
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spasm
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sudden involuntary muscle contractions
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tetanus
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acute infectious disease that affects muscles,
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avulsion
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a forcible tearing away of a part.
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a-
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lack of
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troph/o
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nurishment
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pertaining to
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shen/o
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strength
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condition of
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dys
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abnormal
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syn
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together
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erg/o
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work
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condion of
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olfactory
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carries impulses for the sense of smell
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optic
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carries the impulses of vision
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oculomotor
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controls a muscle of the eyeball
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truchlear
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contols a muscle of the eyeball
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prigeminal
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carries sensory impules from the face, controls chewing muscle.
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abducens
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controls a muscle of the eyeball
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facial
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controls muscles of facial expressions, salvary glands, and tear glands, conducts some impulses for taste
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glossopharyngeal
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The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth of twelve cranial nerves. It exits the brainstem out from the sides of the upper medulla, just rostral (closer to the nose) to the vagus nerve.
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ventibulocochlear
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conducts impulses fro hearing and equilbrium, also called auditory at acoustic nerve
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vagus
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supplies most organs of thorax and abdomen, controls digestive secrections
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spinal accessory
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contols musles of the neck
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hypoglassal
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controls muscld of for the tongue.
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