Question | Answer |
clonus | alternate muscular contraction and relaxation in rapid succession. |
Clonic | generally used in conjunction with the term tonic, which means normal tone. |
Parkinson disease | characterized by four features: slowness and absence of movement, muscular rigidity, resting tremor, and unstable posture. |
Rigidity means | stiffness or inflexibility. |
Charley horse | a bruised or torn muscle of quadriceps muscle |
tonic/clonic | muscle response to seizure activity |
tetanus | a disease caused by bacteria |
atrophy | wasting away or weakening of muscles |
rigor mortis | the muscular hardness of death |
myasthenia gravis | a chronic progressive neuromuscular weakness |
leiomyoma | a benign tumor of smooth muscle |
bursa | a sac-like cavity filled with synovial fluid and located over bony prominences |
Pain in a muscle | myalgia |
Contraction of sternocleidomastoid muscle, causing rotation of the head. | torticollis |
A nervous system disorder characterized by four muscular features. | Parkinson disease |
A cyst on a joint capsule or tendon sheath. | ganglion |
atony | Lack of normal tone or strength |
bursitis | Inflammation of a bursa |
cramp | Sustained spasm or contraction of a muscle accompanied by severe, localized pain |
dystonia | Dyskinetic movements due to disordered tonicity of muscle |
Dupuytren’s contracture | Painless thickening and contracture of the palmar fascia |
fasciculations | Repetitive, involuntary contraction of muscle (tremors) |
fibromyalgia | Group of rheumatic disorders characterized by achy pain, tenderness, and stiffness |
myofascial pain syndrome | Chronic condition affecting the fascia, or connective tissue covering muscles |
fibromyositis | Chronic inflammation of a muscle with hyperplasia of connective tissue |
ganglion | Thin-walled band cyst formed on a joint capsule or tendon sheath |
muscular dystrophy | Genetic abnormality of muscle tissue characterized by dysfunction and ultimately deterioration |
myalgia | Muscle pain |
myopathy | Any disease of the muscles |
myositis ossificans | A disease characterized by bony deposits or the ossification of muscle tissue |
paralysis | The loss of nervous control of a muscle |
plantar fasciitis | Excessive pulling or stretching of the calcaneal periosteum by the plantar fascia |
polymyositis | Autoimmune disorder which causes atrophy and weakness of the muscles |
tendinitis | Inflammation of a tendon or the synovial lining of a tendon sheath |
tenosynovitis | Inflammation of the tendon and the tendon sheath |
tennis elbow | Inflammation, soreness, or pain on the outside side of the upper arm near the elbow |
lateral and medial epicondylitis | Condition characterized by weakness and pain in the muscles and tendons of the outside elbow |