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Muscles definitions

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