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52 Cards in this Set
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Electr/o
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electric
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ton/o
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tension
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fasci/o
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fascia; band of tissue surrounding the muscle
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Kinesi/o
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movement
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Lei/o
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smooth
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My/o; Muscol/o; Myos/o
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Muscle
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Rhabd/o
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rod shaped; striped; striated
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Ten/o; Tendon/o
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tendon
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Fibr/o
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Fiber
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-dys
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bad; difficult; painful; poor;abnormal
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a-
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no; not
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-ia
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condition of...
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-ectomy
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excision; removal of...
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-oma
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tumor; mass
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-algia
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pain
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-plasty
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surgical repair; reconstruction
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-asthenia
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no strength
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-clonus
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turmoil
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-ion
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process of...
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-kinesia
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movement; motion
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-trophy
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nourishment
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-thermy
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heat
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flex/o
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bend
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pronati/o
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facing backward
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supinati/o
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facing forward
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tens/o
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stretch
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dorsi-
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back
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duct/o
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to draw
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fasci/o
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fascia (band of tissue surrounding muscle)
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tenosynovi/o
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tendon sheath (covering a tendon)
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Muscles that perform movement on command
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voluntary
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Muscles that perform w/o conscouis command
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involuntary
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muscles with internal organs
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viscreral
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These connect to other bones..
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ligaments
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These connect muscles to bones...
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tendons
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Term used for muscle attachment to the bone that does not move during muscle contraction
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origin
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Term used for muscle attachment to the bone that does move during muscle contraction
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insertion
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recording of electrical activity of muscles
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electromyography
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abnormal muscle tone or tension
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dystonia
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excision of fascia
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fasciectomy
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suturing of a muscle
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myorrhaphy
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pain of the fibrous muscle tissue
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fibromyaglia
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benign tumor of a straiated muscle
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rhabdomyoma
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surgical fixation of a tendon
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tenodesis
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surgical repair of an injured tendon
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tenodesis
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surgical repair of a injured tendon
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tenoplasty
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no muscle strength
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myasthenia
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alternate muscle relaxation and contractions
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myoclonus
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bending of a limb
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flexion
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impairment of a muscle movement
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dyskinesia
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wasting away of muscle
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atrophy
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