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Chapter 3 Muscular System

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