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Chapter 3 Muscular
Chapter 3 Muscular System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ab- | prefix that means away or away from |
| Ad- | prefix that means toward |
| Circum- | prefix that means around |
| Dorsi- | prefix that means back |
| Par- | prefix that means near, alongside, beyond, abnormal |
| Articul/o | combining form that means joint |
| Fasci/o | combining form that means fibrous band or fascia |
| Flex/o | combining form that means to bend |
| My/o | combining form that means muscle |
| Tax/o | Combining form that means coordination or order |
| -cele | suffix that means hernia, swelling, protrusion |
| -dynia | suffix that means pain |
| -esthesia | suffix that means sensation |
| -paresis | suffix that means weakness |
| rrhexis | suffix that means rupture |
| adhesion | formation of fibrous band of tissue that holds 2 parts or surfaces together |
| ataxia | inability to coordinate voluntary muscle activity |
| atrophy | wasting away or shrinkage of muscle size |
| fascia | band or sheet of fibrous tissue that encloses a muscle or group of muscles |
| flaccidity | state in which the muscles are flabby, relaxed, or have defective or absent tone |
| hypertrophy | excessive growth or abnormal enlargement of a muscle |
| hypotonia | loss of muscle tone |
| myomalacia | abnormal softening of muscle tissue |
| myoparesis | weakness or mild muscular paralysis |
| myorrhexis | rupture or tearing of the muscle |
| myositis | inflammation of a muscle |
| sarcopenia | loss of muscle mass, strength, and function as a result of aging |
| spasm | involuntary sudden movement or convulsive muscular contraction |
| tetany | a state of sustained muscular contraction |
| tremor | involuntary, repetitive shaking or quivering |
| frontalis | raises eyebrows, wrinkles forehead |
| trapezius | extends neck, elevates, adducts, rotates the scapula |
| deltoid | abducts, flexes, extends, rotates the arm |
| bicep brachii | flexes arm and forearm; rotates the hand |
| gluteus medius | adducts and rotates the thigh |
| biceps femoris | extends the thigh, flexes and rotates the leg |
| gastrocnemius | flexes the foot and leg |
| sartorius | flexes and rotates the thigh, flexes the leg |
| tendon | band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone |
| fasciitis | inflammation of fascia |
| myocele | herniation or protrusion of muscle through a tear in the fascia |
| sprain | stretching or tearing of a ligament |
| strain | stretching or tearing of a muscle or tendon |
| abduction | movement of body part away from midline |
| adduction | movement of body part toward the midline |
| perimysium | sheath of connective tissue that surrounds bundles of muscle fibers |
| hemiplegia | total paralysis of one side of the body |
| both ends of the muscle | skeletal muscle is attached to bone at |
| tenotomy | incision to a tendon |
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