muscular system
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| muscles | organs of movement | |
| fasci/o | fibrous band | |
| fibr/o | fibers | |
| kinesi/o | movement | |
| muscul/o | muscle | |
| my/o | muscle | |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle | |
| myos/o | muscle | |
| plant/o | sole of foot | |
| ten/o | tendon | |
| tend/o | tendon | |
| tendin/o | tendon | |
| -asthenia | weakness | |
| -kinesia | movement | |
| -tonia | tone | |
| ab- | away from | |
| ad- | toward | |
| circum- | around | |
| muscle tissue fibers | composes muscles | |
| types of muscle tis. | smooth, skeletal, cardiac | |
| fascia | layer of connective tis. around muscle | |
| motor neurons | nerves that move muscles | |
| mysoneural junction | where motor nerves & muscle meet | |
| striated muscle | another name for skeletal muscle | |
| tendon | extension of fascia, connect muscle to bone | |
| visceral muscle | another name for smooth muscle | |
| myocardium | another name for cardiac muscle | |
| action | movement of muscle | |
| antagonistic pairs | pair of muscle that reverse | |
| insertion | end, more movable bone | |
| orgin | begining, less movable bone | |
| abduction | move away from midline | |
| adduction | move toward mid | |
| flexion | bending | |
| extension | straightening, stretching | |
| dorsiflexion | bending backward (hand& feet) | |
| plantar flexion | bending foot to point toes | |
| eversion | turning out | |
| inversion | turning in | |
| pronation | turning palm up | |
| supination | turning palm down | |
| elevation | raising (shrug shoulders) | |
| depression | drooping (droop shoulders) | |
| circumduction | move in circles | |
| oppososition | move away from palm (opposable thumb) | |
| rotation | moving about axis | |
| fascial | pertaining to fascia | |
| fasciitis | inflammed fascia | |
| fasciotomy | incision of fascia | |
| kinesiology | study of movement | |
| muscular | pertaining to muscle | |
| myalgia | muscle pain | |
| myasthenia | muscle weakness | |
| electromyogram | record of mus. electricity | |
| myocardial | pertaining to heart muscle | |
| myopathy | muscle disease | |
| myoplasty | muscle repair | |
| myorrhapy | muscle suture | |
| myorrhexix | muscle rupture | |
| polymyositis | many muscle inflamm. | |
| tenodynia | tendon pain | |
| tenoplasty | tendon repair | |
| tenorrhapy | tendon suture | |
| tendoplasty | tendon repair | |
| tendotomy | tendon incision | |
| tendinitis | tendon inflamm. | |
| tendinous | pertaining to tendon | |
| bradykinesia | slow movement | |
| dyskinesia | difficult or painful movement | |
| hyperkinesia | excessive movement | |
| hypokinesia | insufficient movement | |
| atonia | lack of tone | |
| dystonia | abnormal tone | |
| hypertonia | excessive tone | |
| hypotonia | insuff. tone | |
| myotonia | muscle tone | |
| adhesion | scar of fascia, difficult movement | |
| atrophy | poor muscle dev., wasting | |
| contracture | abnormal shortening of tendon, mus fiber, fascia | |
| hypertrophy | excessive mus. development, muscle bulk | |
| intermittant claudication | sev. pain, lameness, caused by ischemia of mus | |
| spasm | sudden, involuntary movement | |
| torticollis | crick in neck, wryneck, sev. spasm pulling head to one side | |
| fibromyalgia | widespread pain in muscle & soft tiss | |
| lateral epicondylitis | tennis elbow, inflam. of side of elbow | |
| muscular dystrophy | inherited disease, progessive degneration | |
| pseudohypertrophic MD | inherited, muscle replace by fat, Duchenne's MD | |
| carpal tunnel syndrome | repetitive, compression of finger tendons & median nerve in carpal tunn | |
| ganglion cyst | cyst that form in tendon sheath, (usually hand ,wrist or ankle) | |
| repetitive motion disorder | damage from repetitive movements, pressure, or vibration | |
| rotator cuff injury | strain of shoulder joint capusle | |
| strain | damage to muscle, tendon, or ligament, overstretching or overuse | |
| creatine phosphokinase | muscle enzyme, blood lvl elevated in heart attack, MD, or mus. disease | |
| deep tendon reflexes | tested with hammer, reflex | |
| electromyography | study&record of strenght of mus contraction after electric stim. | |
| muscle biospy | removal of mus. tissue for exam | |
| carpal tunnel release | surgery to relieve pressure, cuts ligament in wrist | |
| tenodesis | procedure, stabilize joint by anchoring tendons | |
| skeletal muscle relaxants | rx to relax muscle, reduce spasms, antispasmodics |
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