Medical Terminology for Health Professions Chapter 4 words activity
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| Abduction | show 🗑
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| show | The movement of a limb (arm or leg) toward the midline of the body.
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| Adhesion | show 🗑
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| show | The lack of muscle coordination during voluntary movement.
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| Atonic | show 🗑
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| Atrophy | show 🗑
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| show | Extreme slowness in movement.
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| show | Symptoms occur when the tendons that pass through the carpal tunnel are chronically overused and become inflamed and swollen.
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| chronic fatigue syndrome | show 🗑
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| Circumduction | show 🗑
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| Contracture | show 🗑
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| show | The movement that bends the foot upward at the ankle.
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| Dyskinesia | show 🗑
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| Dystonia | show 🗑
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| show | A diagnostic test that measures the electrical activity within muscle fibers in response to nerve stimulation.
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| show | Inflammation of the tissues surrounding the elbow.
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| show | The study of the human factors that affect the design and operation of tools and the work environment.
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| exercise physiologist | show 🗑
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| show | Inflammation of a fascia.
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| fibromyalgia syndrome | show 🗑
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| ganglion cyst | show 🗑
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| show | A calcium deposit in the plantar fascia near its attachment to the calcaneus (heel) bone that can be one of the causes of plantar fasciitis.
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| show | Slight paralysis or weakness affecting one side of the body.
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| Hemiplegia | show 🗑
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| show | The protrusion of a part of a structure through the tissues normally containing it.
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| Hyperkinesias | show 🗑
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| show | A condition in which there is diminished tone of the skeletal muscles.
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| show | Occurs when inflamed and swollen tendons are caught in the narrow space between the bones within the shoulder joint.
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| show | Where the muscle ends by attaching to a bone or tendon.
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| intermittent claudication | show 🗑
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| show | A group of genetic diseases that are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles that control movement, without affecting the nervous system.
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| show | A chronic autoimmune disease that affects the neuromuscular junction and produces serious weakness of voluntary muscles.
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| show | The herniation (protrusion) of muscle substance through a tear in the fascia surrounding it.
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| Myoclonus | show 🗑
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| myofascial release | show 🗑
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| show | The degeneration of muscle tissue.
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| Myoparesis | show 🗑
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| Myorrhaphy | show 🗑
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| Neuromuscular | show 🗑
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| show | Jerking of the limbs that can occur normally as a person is falling asleep.
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| show | Slanted or at an angle.
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| show | The loss of sensation and voluntary muscle movements in a muscle through disease or injury to its nerve supply.
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| Paraplegia | show 🗑
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| show | A physician who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation with the focus on restoring function.
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| show | An inflammation of the plantar fascia on the sole of the foot. This condition causes foot or heel pain when walking or running.
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| show | A muscle disease characterized by the simultaneous inflammation and weakening of voluntary muscles in many parts of the body.
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| show | The act of rotating the arm or leg so that the palm of the hand or sole of the foot is turned downward or backward.
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| show | Paralysis of all four extremities.
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| show | A diagnostic procedure to evaluate joint mobility and muscle strength.
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| Sarcopenia | show 🗑
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| show | A painful condition caused by the tibialis anterior muscle tearing away from the tibia (shin bone).
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| show | Myoclonus of the diaphragm that causes the characteristic hiccup sound with each spasm; also known as hiccups.
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| spasmodic torticollis | show 🗑
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| show | A ring-like muscle that tightly constricts the opening of a passageway.
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| show | An injury to a joint, such as an ankle, knee, or wrist, which usually occurs when a ligament is wrenched or torn.
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| Tenodesis | show 🗑
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| Tenolysis | show 🗑
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| Tenorrhaphy | show 🗑
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| show | An inflammation of the sheath surrounding a tendon.
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| Transverse | show 🗑
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