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Anatomy
Muscles definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ankly/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
| Chondr/o | cartilage |
| my/o | muscle |
| Sprain | stretching or tearing to a ligament; usually caused by overstretching the muscle. treatment is rest, ice, compression, elevation |
| Strain | injury to a muscle or tendon; usually from playing sports. treatment is |
| Intercostal muscles | contracts and expands and lower the ribs during breathing. muscles between the ribs |
| Cervicofacial | pertaining to neck and face/ affecting |
| Achilles Tendon | foot and ankle |
| Ankylosis | immobility of a joint |
| Myasthemia Gravis | chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease. varying weakness of the skeletal or voluntary muscles of the body. primary symptom is muscle weakness. can lead to productive lives and can control it |
| CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome |
| Contracture | shortening and hardening of muscles |
| R.A | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| Rotator Cuff injuries | damage to the capsule of shoulder joint. treatment includes rest, NSAID's splinting, pt, serverity may require surgery |
| Tetanus | fatal infectious disease caused by bacteria in soil, dust, manure. |
| Fibromyalgia | disorder widespread/musculoskeletal pain and fatigue. over 3million individuals in the US 18 trigger or tendon points for diagnosis no cure |
| Shin Splints | inflammation of the periosteum and extensor muscle of lower leg and surrounding tissues. cause pain walking or moving lower leg |
| Smooth Muscle | involuntary muscle/spindle shape cell found in respiratory and urine tract |
| Cardia Muscle | found in the heart both striated and involuntary. cells form network of branching fibers. |
| Skeletal Muscle | voluntary or striated muscle controlled consciously skeletal movement attached to the bones of the body |
| Frontalis | raises the eyebrows |
| Zygomaticus | pulls up corners of the mouth (makes you smile) |
| Deltoid | abduction and extension of the arm at shoulder |
| Sternocleidomastoid | pulls head from side to side and to chest |
| Latissimus dorsi | adduction and inward rotation of arm |
| brachioradialis | flexes the forearm at the elbow |
| pronator teres | flexes forearm medially |
| peroneus | helps plant the feet |
| flexor digitorum profundus | flexes distal joints of fingers not thumb |
| rectus abdominis | flexes the vertebral column and compress abdominal walls |
| gluteusmaximus | extends the thigh |
| infraspinatus | rotates the arm laterally |
| tricepsbrachii | extends arm at elbow |
| hemi | one half |
| quadri | four |
| cyte | cell |
| genesis | forming, producing, orgin |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| rraphy | suture |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| tomy | incision |
| lumb/o | loins lower back |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | inflammation of tendon |
| soleus | flexes the foot to point the toes downward |
| ganglion cyst | cyst develops in joint or tendon. very painful removal by suction of fluid |
| atrophy | loss of muscle mass and strength wasting away can be secondary to primary disease or disorder such as spinal cord |
| fasci/o | membrane supporting and separating muscles |
| fabr/o | fiber, fibrous, tissue |
| itis | inflammation |
| oma | tumor |
| al, ac, ar, ic, | pertaining to |
| dist | far, farthest |
| toxic | poison |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| algia | pain |
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