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Muscular System
Medical Terminology - Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| my/o, myos/o | muscles |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendons |
| Types of muscle tissue | skeletal, smooth and cardiac |
| tendon | attaches muscle to bone |
| fascia | sheet of connective tissue that covers, supports and separates muscle |
| abduction | movement away from the midline |
| adduction | movement toward the midline |
| flexion | decreases an angle as in bending a joint |
| extension | straightening - increases an angle as in straightening a joint |
| elevation | raises a body part |
| depression | lowers a body part |
| supination | turns the palms up0ward |
| pronation | turns the pam downward |
| fasciitis | inflammation of the fascia |
| tenalgia | pain in a tendon |
| tendinitis | inflammation of the tendon |
| muscle atrophy | weakness and wasting away of muscle tissue |
| myalgia | muscle tenderness or pain |
| myolysis | degeneration of muscle tissue |
| myositis | inflammation of a muscle (usually skeletal muscles) |
| polymyositis | inflammation of many muscles - usually chronic condition |
| myomalacia | abnormal softening of muscle tissue |
| myorrhexis | rupture of a muscle |
| myosclerosis | abnormal hardening of muscle tissue |
| atonic | lack of normal musle tone |
| dystonic | abnormal muscle tone |
| hypertonia | excessive tone of muscles |
| hypotonia | diminished tone of the muscles |
| ataxia | without movement - inability to move |
| dystaxia | difficulty controlling voluntary movement |
| tax | coordination |
| bradykinesia | slow movement |
| dyskinesia | impartment of volumary movement (tick or spasm) |
| hyperkinesia | increase in motor function (ie: hyperactive) |
| hypokinesia | decreased motor function or activity |
| myasthenia | muscle weakness |
| myoparesis | weakness or slight paralysis of muscle |
| hemiparesis | slight paralysis of one side of the body |
| paralysis | loss of sensation and voluntary muscle movement |
| paraplegia | paralysis of both legs and lower parts of the body |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of all 4 extremities |
| hemiplegia | total paralysis of one side of the body |
| cardioplegia | paralysis of the heart muscles |
| tenectomy | surgical removal of a lesion from a tendon |
| tenodesis | suture the end of a tendon to bone |
| tenolysis | free a tendon from adhesion |
| tenonectomy | surgical removal of a tendon |
| tenoplasty | surgical repair of a tendon |
| myectomy | surgical removal of a portion of a muscle |
| myoplasty | surgical repair of a muscle |
| myorrhaphy | suture a muscle wound |
| kinesi | movement |
| tax | coordination |
| ton | muscle tone |
| Automaticity is the property of what types of muscle | smooth and cardiac |
| Define automaticity | the ability of muscle to contract without involvement of nerve supply |
| Contractility is the property of what type of muscle | Skeletal |
| Define excitability | ability of skeletal muscles to respond to impulse (contracting) |
| This is the sheath that surrounds muscles fibers | Perimysium |
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