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Chapter 7 (HLT 141)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Skeletal muscle | Attaches to bone; voluntary movement. |
| Smooth muscle | Acts involuntarily; walls of hollow organs, blood vessels, respiratory passages, and digestive system. |
| Cardiac muscle | Acts involuntarily; responsible for heart's pumping action. |
| Prime mover or agonist | Contracts and produces movement. |
| Antagonist | Opposes the movement. |
| Muscular dystrophy (MD) | Hereditary, progressive degenerative disorder that causes skeletal muscle weakness. |
| Myasthenia gravis (MG) | Immunologic disorder characterized by fluctuating weakness. |
| Fibromyalgia | Widespread aching and stiffness of muscles and soft tissues, fatigue, tenderness, sleep disorders. |
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) | Progressive degeneration of the nerve tracts. |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | Repetitive, work-related motions that damage muscles, tendons, joints, or nerves. |
| Rotator cuff injury | Repetitive, work-related motions that damage muscles, tendons, joints, or nerves. |
| Epicondylitis | Repetitive, work-related motions that damage muscles, tendons, joints, or nerves. |
| Plantar fasciitis | Repetitive, work-related motions that damage muscles, tendons, joints, or nerves. |
| Hamstring injury | Repetitive, work-related motions that damage muscles, tendons, joints, or nerves. |
| Shin-splints | Tenderness and pain in the muscles in the lower leg following athletic overexertion. |
| Paralysis | Loss of voluntary muscle movement caused by injury or disease. |
| Paresis | Partial or incomplete paralysis. |
| Hemiparesis | Weakness or paralysis affecting one side of the body. |
| Hemiplegia | Total paralysis of one side of the body. |
| Paraplegia | Paralysis of both legs and lower trunk. |
| Quadriplegia | Paralysis of all four extremities. |
| Myology | Branch of science concerned with study of muscles and accessory structures. |
| my/o | Root for muscle. |
| muscul/o | Root for muscle. |
| -plegia | Suffix for paralysis. |
| -paresis | Suffix for partial or incomplete paralysis. |
| CTD | Cumulative trauma disorder. |
| MD | Muscular dystrophy. |
| IM | Intramuscular. |
| RICE | Rest, ice, compression, elevation. |
| Muscular atrophy | Muscle shrinking and wasting. |
| Dysphagia | Difficulty swallowing. |
| Kinesi/o | Movement. |
| Myocardial | Pertaining to heart muscle. |
| Asthenia | Pertaining to being without strength, or weakness. |
| Periostitis | Inflammation of the periosteum that surrounds the bone. |
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