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Everest 345 mod b wk 3

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