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13 Cards in this Set
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Atrophy |
Wasting away of muscle |
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Contracture |
Severe tightening of muscle |
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Myalgia |
Muscle pains |
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Muscle cramps |
Sudden involuntary contraction |
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Muscle spasms |
Involuntary contraction ans relation |
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Fibromyalgia |
Chronic muscle pain |
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Muscular distrophy |
Leads to chronic progressive atrophy and contracture, disabled, early death |
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Polio myelitis |
Caused by infection, virus, direct, |
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Who invented polio vaccine? |
Albert Sabin & Jonas Salk |
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Hernia |
Ruptured protrusion of the body part into another area due to weakened immune system |
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Bursitis |
Inflammation of bursae |
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Tetanus |
Lock jaw, penatration of bacteria found on muscle |
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Rigor mortis |
Occurs a few hours after death, muscles contract, joints become fixed |
