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| abductor | muscle that on contraction draws away from the middle | |
| adductor | muscle that draws a part toward the middle | |
| amputation | removal of a limb, part, or other appendage | |
| antagonist | muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle | |
| aponeurosis | fibrous sheet of connective tissue that serves to attach muscle to bone or to other tissues | |
| ataxia | lack of muscular coordination | |
| atonic | pertaining to lack of normal tone or tension | |
| atrophy | lack of nourishment; wasting of muscular tissue that may be caused by lack of use | |
| biceps | muscle with two heads or points of origin | |
| brachialgia | pain in the arm | |
| bradykinesia | slowness of motion or movement | |
| clonic | pertaining to alternate contraction and relaxation of muscles | |
| contraction | process of drawing up and thickening of a muscle fiber | |
| contracture | condition in which a muscle shortens and renders the muscle resistant to the normal stretching process | |
| dactylospasm | cramp of a finger or toe | |
| dermatomyositis | inflammation of the muscles and the skin | |
| diaphragm | partition of muscles and membranes that seperates the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity | |
| diathermy | treatment using high-frequency current to produce heat within a part of the body | |
| dystonia | condition of impaired muscle tone | |
| dystrophin | protein found in muscle cells | |
| dystorphy | faulty muscular development caused by lack of nourishment | |
| exercise | performed activity of the muscles for improvement of health or correction of deformity | |
| fascia | thin layer of connective tissue covering, supporting, or connecting the muscles or inner organs of the body. |
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