Muscle Disease Process Terminology Cs

Front 1

wasting away/weakening of muscle fibers due to lack of usage; many different kinds

Back 1

atrophy

Front 2

*lack of normal tone or strength

Back 2

atony

Front 3

atony CAUSE

Back 3

*muscles are deprived of innervation

Front 4

*inflammation of a bursa

Back 4

bursitis

Front 5

*sac-like cavity filled with synovial fluid that is located in places where tendons or muscles pass over bony prominences

Back 5

bursa

Front 6

*bruised/torn muscle accompanied by cramps/severe pain

Back 6

charley horse

Front 7

injury most commonly affects the quadriceps muscle

Back 7

charley horse

Front 8

*sustained spasm or contraction of a muscle accompanied by severe, localized pain

Back 8

cramp

Front 9

*sustained abnormal postures or disruptions of normal movement resulting from alterations of muscle tone

Back 9

dystonia

Front 10

*painless thickening and contracture of the palmar fascia due to fibrous proliferation, resulting in loss of function of the fingers

Back 10

Dupuytren's contracture

Front 11

similar to fibrillations or tremors

Back 11

fasciculations

Front 12

repetitive, involuntary contraction of muscle

Back 12

fasciculation

Front 13

muscle cause of nerve damage

Back 13

fasciculation

Front 14

*group of rheumatic disorders characterized by achy pain, tenderness, and stiffness of muscles and tendon insertions

Back 14

fibromyalgia

Front 15

chronic condition affecting the fascia or connective tissue covering muscles

Back 15

myofascial pain syndrome

Front 16

muscle disease - may involve a single muscle or muscle group

Back 16

myofascial pain syndrome

Front 17

chronic inflammation of a muscle with hyperplasia (overgrowth) of connective tissue

Back 17

fibromyositis

Front 18

overgrowth in elements composing a part; i.e., cells composing a tissue

Back 18

hyperplasia

Front 19

muscle disease - thin-walled band cyst formed on a joint capsule or tendon sheath

Back 19

ganglion

Front 20

benign tumor of smooth muscle tissue, e.g., uterus

Back 20

leiomyoma

Front 21

muscle disease - genetic abnormality of muscle tissue characterized by dysfunction and ultimately deterioration

Back 21

muscular dystrophy

Front 22

muscle pain

Back 22

myalgia

Front 23

chronic progressive neuromuscular weakness, usually starting with the muscles of face/throat

Back 23

myasthenia gravis

Front 24

any disease of the muscles

Back 24

myopathy

Front 25

disease characterized by bony deposits or the ossification of muscle tissue

Back 25

myositis ossificans

Front 26

ossification

Back 26

process of bone formation

Front 27

loss of nervous control of a muscle; many different types affecting many different muscles and organs

Back 27

paralysis

Front 28

muscle disease related to paraplegia or quadriplegia

Back 28

paralysis

Front 29

paralysis of legs (lower extremities)

Back 29

paraplegia

Front 30

paralysis of all four limbs

Back 30

quadriplegia

Front 31

excessive pulling/stretching of the calcaneal periosteum by the plantar fascia, resulting in pain along the inner border of the plantar fascia (are other types of fascitis)

Back 31

plantar fasciitis

Front 32

the membrane of connective
tissue that closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces

Back 32

calcaneal periosteum

Front 33

supports the arch of the foot

Back 33

plantar fascia

Front 34

autoimmune disorder which causes atrophy and
weakness of muscles

Back 34

polymyositis

Front 35

the muscular hardness occurring 4 to 7
hours after death

Back 35

rigor mortis

Front 36

inflammation of a tendon or the synovial lining of a tendon
sheath due to rauma/repetitive wear

Back 36

tendinitis

Front 37

inflammation of the tendon and tendon sheath

Back 37

tenosynovitis

Front 38

strain of the lateral forearm muscles or the tendinous
attachments near their origin on the epicondyle of the humerus

Back 38

tennis elbow

Front 39

lateral and medial epicondylitis

Back 39

tennis elbow

Front 40

disease caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani, which produces a toxin that causes muscles to go into tetany (hyperexcitability of nerves and muscles, specifically characterized by muscular cramps and twitching)

Back 40

tetanus

Front 41

lockjaw

Back 41

tetanus

Front 42

bacterium which causes tetanus (lockjaw)

Back 42

Clostridium tetani

Front 43

contraction of sternocleidomastoid muscle, causing

rotation of head

Back 43

torticollis