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MA 1 UNIT 3
VOCAB
Question | Answer |
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ABDUCTION | MOVING AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY |
ADDUCTION | MOVING TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY |
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ASL) | A PROGRESSIVE DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY DEGENERATION OF NERVES IN THE SPINAL CORD & BRAINSTEM |
APONEUROSIS | BROAD FLAT TENDON CONNECTING MUSCLES TO BONE |
CRYOTHERAPY | THERAPEUTIC USE OF COLD |
DORSIFLEXION | BACKWARD BENDING OF THE FOOT |
EXTENSION | STRAIGHTENING OF A FLEXED LIMB |
FASCIA | TOUGH FIBROUS MEMBRANE THAT UNITES THE SKIN & MUSCLE TOGETHER |
FLEXION | TO BEND OR DECREASE AN ANGLE |
HYDOTHERAPY | THERAPEUTIC USE OF WATER |
INSERTION | CONNECTION OF THE MUSCLE TO THE BONE THAT MOVES |
MODALITY | METHOD OF TREATMENT |
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY | A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY MUSCLE ATROPHY |
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS | LACK OF MUSCLE STRENGTH MARKED BY PARALYSIS |
ORIGIN | CONNECTION OF THE MUSCLE TO A STATIONARY BONE |
PHYSICAL THERAPY | USED TO HELP RESTORE MUSCLE FUNCTION & REDUCE PAIN |
PLANTAR FLEXION | MOVING THE SOLE OF THE FOOT TOWARD THE GROUND |
PRONATION | FACING DOWNWARD |
ROTATION | CIRCULAR MOVEMENT AROUND A CENTRAL POINT |
SARCOLEMMA | DELICATE MEMBRANE SURROUNDING A SKELETAL MUSCLE |
SKELETAL MUSCLE | MUSCLE CONNECTED TO BONES |
SMOOTH MUSCLE | MUSCLE CONNECTED TO INTERNAL ORGANS |
SUPINATION | FACING UPWARD |
THERMOTHERAPY | THERAPEUTIC USE OF HEAT |
APONEUR/O | APONEUROSIS |
ARTICUL/O | JOINT |
BURS/O | BURSA |
FASCI/O | FASCIA |
FIBR/O | FIBER |
FIBROS/O | FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
KINESI/O | MOVEMENT |
LEIOMY/O | SMOOTH |
MY/O | MUSCLE |
MYOCARDI/O | HEART MUSCLE |
MYOS/O | MUSCLE |
PLANT/O | SOLE OF THE FOOT |
RHABDOMY/O | SKELETAL |
SARC/O | FLESHCONNECTIVE TISSUE |
THERM/O | HEAT |
AB- | AWAY FROM |
AD- | TOWARD |
-ASTHENIA | LACK OF STRENGTH |
DORSI- | BACK |
-IA | CONDITION |
-ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
POLY- | MANY MUCH |
-STEHNIA | STRENGTH |
-TROPHY | DEVELOPMENTNOURISHMENT |
ALS | AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS |
Ca++ | CALCIUM ION |
CTS | CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME |
EMG | ELECTROMYOGRAPHY |
ESR | ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE |
IM | INTRAMUSCULAR |
P | PHOSPHERUS |