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Chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints
Rheumatoid arthritis
Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
Scoliosis
Moving conscious control
Voluntary
a medical condition in which the spinal canel narrows and compresses the spinal cord and nerves
Spinal stenosis
A force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree
Strain
Involuntary muscle that is straited and found in the heart walls
Cardiac
produced when miscle runs out of energy
lactic acid
Involuntary and non striated muscle found in most hollow organs such as that they just extract and blood vessels
Smooth muscle
organism that caused tetanus
clostridium tetani
Muscle of shoulder shaped like an upside down Creek letter D
Deltoid
Muscles that straighten a joint
Extensors
Partial dislocation
subluaxion
Place where a motor neuron comes in contact with skeletal muscle cell
Neuromascular junction
Wrench or twist the ligaments of a ankle, wrist, or other joint violently
Sprain
Muscles that move a bone toward midline
Adductors
Referring to a muscle ezerting in opposite reaction to that of another muscle
antagonistic
Absence of muscle tone
Atonic
Place between two neurons learners impulses are transmitted
Synapse
Ability of muscle to respond to stimulation
Irritability
Lacking muscle tone
Flaccid
Enzyme produced by cellular respiration in skeletal muscle produces energy
adenisine triohaosphate
Voluntary muscle that is attached to bones of skeleton that allow body movement
Skeletal
Waste product of muscle metabolism
Lactic acid
Ability of muscle to shorten and and thicken when stimulated
contractility
Muscles that move a bone away from midline
Abductors
State of muscle in partial contraction
muscle tone
Pigment responsible for red color or muscle and protein in muscle that stores and transports h2o
myoglobin
Neurotransmitter used by nerve endings to send an impulse across synapse to another nerve
acetylcholine
Fibrous sheaththat covers supports and separates muscles
Fascia
Muscle that cannot be controlled with conscious control
Involuntarily
white fibrous cordlike structure that serves to protect muscle to bone
tendon
ability of muscle to stretch
Extensibility
Ability of muscle to return to original length after stretching
Elasticity
Twitching and cramping of muscle caused by low blood calcium level
tetany
muscle shortens producing movement
isotonic contraction
Strongest tendon in body attaches calf to muscle to heal
Achilles tendon
Wide flat connective tissue that connects muscle to bone or other tissue
aponeurosis
Enzyme that breaks down excess acertycholine and stops its action at synapse
cholinesterase
Muscle tension increases but the muscle does not shorten
Isometric contraction
Referring to muscle acting or working together
synergistic
Slight tension in muscle which is always present even at rest
tonus
tendons behind the knee responsible for extending hips and bending knees
hamstrings
fibrous bands of tissue
ligament
loss of bone mass
osteoporosis
joint disease characterized by degenerative articular cartilage and wearing down of bone's edges joint
Osteoarthritis
Record electrical activity of muscle
EMG. electromyography
Syndrome that causes chronic pain in muscles and soft tissues surrounding joints
Fibromyalgia
Softening of bone caused by a loss of minerals from bony matrix
Osteomalcia
Inflammatory joint disease
autoimmune
Rheumatoid arthritis
Overstretching or tearing of a muscle or tendon
strain
bone partially out of the joint
subluxation
Infection of the bone and bone marrow
Osteomyelitis
What is the medical term for lower back pain
Lumbago
No the correct spelling of RA
Rheumatoid arthritis
What is CTS? what cam cause it?
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Causes:
Compression of medium nerve at wrist
Visual examination of a joint
Arthroscopy
Surgical puncture of a joint to remove fluid
Arthrocentesis
-physis
Growth
Tendon
Tendin/o
Through, complete
dia-
vertebr/o, spondyl/o
vertebra
endo-, end-
within
oste/o
bone
epi-
above
myel/o
bone marrow
inter-
between
muscul/o
muscle
peri-
surrounding
ligament/o, syndesm/o
ligament
syn-
together
chondr/o
cartilage
-centesis
removal of fluid
burs/o
bursa
-desis
binding
arthr/o
joint
-poiesis
formation
-listhesis
slipping
-plasty
surgical repair
-malacia
softening
-plasia
development
muscle fiber and nerve ending meet
neuromuscular junction