Muscular System Medical Terminology Chapter 4

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Kinesiology

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the study of muscular activity and the resulting movement of body parts

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Sacropenia

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Age related reduction in skeletal muscle mass in elderly

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Myocele

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protrusion of muscle through its ruptured sheath of fascia

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Ataxia

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Inability to control muscle activity through voluntary movement

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Contracture

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This is when elastic connective tissue is replaced with nonelastic connective tissue causing permanent tightening

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Intermittent claudication

Back 6

pain in the legs muscles that occurs in the legs during exercise and is relieved by rest

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Cramp

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localized muscle spasm

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myoclonus

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spasm or twitching of muscles

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singultus

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hiccups or myoclonus of the diaphragm

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myasthenia gravis

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a chronic autoimmune disease that produces a serious weakness of voluntary muscles and affects nervous system

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muscular dystrophy

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inherited muscle disorders that do not effect the nervous system

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ergonomics

Back 12

the study of human factors that affect the design and operation of tools and the work environment

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Rotator cuff tendinitis

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Also called tennis shoulder or pitcher's shoulder, it is the inflammation of tendons of the rotator cuff

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Impingement syndrome

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This is when inflamed & swollen tendons are caught in the narrow space between the bones within the shoulder joint

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Heel spurs

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Hardened deposits in the plantar fascia

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shin splint

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painful condition caused by muscle tearing away from the tibia, also called the shinbone

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myoparesis

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weakness or slight paralysis of one side of the body

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hemiparesis

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slight paralysis of one side of the body

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hemiplegia

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total paralysis of one side of the body

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quadriplegia

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Paralysis of all four extremities

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analgesic

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relieves pain without affecting consciousness

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anticholinergic drug

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(antispasmodic) administered to control spasmodic activity of smooth muscles

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tenodesis

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surgical suturing of the end of a tendon to bone