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Everest345modbwk3
Everest 345 mod b wk 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abduction | movement away from midline |
| adduction | movement toward midline |
| atonic | without normal tone or tension |
| atrophy | wasting or underdevelopment of tissue |
| circumduction | movement in a circular direction on a fixed axis |
| claudication | limping |
| dystaxia | difficult controlling voluntary movement |
| dystonia | state of abnormal tone |
| hypertonia | extreme tone or tension in a muscle |
| tenosynovitis | inflammation of a tendon |
| antagonistic | having opposite functions |
| ataxia | uncoordinated muscle activity |
| contraction | shortening or increasing tension |
| extensor | muscle contraction that straightens |
| fascicle | bundle of fibers |
| fascia | sheet of fibrous tissue |
| flaccid | relaxed, without tone |
| flexor | muscle contraction that bends a body part |
| Kinesiology | the science or study of movement |
| myofibrils | muscle fiber |
| neuromuscular | the relationship between nerve and muscle in motor innervations |
| oblique | slanting |
| platysma | neck muscle |
| sarcomere | functional unit of muscle |
| spasticity | state of increased muscle tone/tension |
| sternocleidomastoid | muscle attached to the sternum, crosses the clavical and attaches to the mastoid process |
| tendon | fibrous cord attaches muscle to bone |
| tonic | state of continuous unremitting action |
| torticollis | spasm of muscle in the neck |
| transverse | crosswise |
| voluntary | An action undertaken or controlled by a person's free will or choice |
| a- | without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| circum | around |
| claudicat/o | limping |
| duct/o | to lead |
| dys | bad, difficult, painful |
| ex | out, away from |
| fasci/o | fibrous band |
| hyper | excessive, increased |
| hypo | deficient, decreased |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| my/o | muscle |
| synovi/o | sac pertaining to a joint space |
| tax/o | coordination |
| ten/o | extend, tendon |
| ton/o | tension |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
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