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Muscle Disorders

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clonus   alternate muscular contraction and relaxation in rapid succession.  
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Clonic   generally used in conjunction with the term tonic, which means normal tone.  
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Parkinson disease   characterized by four features: slowness and absence of movement, muscular rigidity, resting tremor, and unstable posture.  
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Rigidity means   stiffness or inflexibility.  
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Charley horse   a bruised or torn muscle of quadriceps muscle  
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tonic/clonic   muscle response to seizure activity  
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tetanus   a disease caused by bacteria  
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atrophy   wasting away or weakening of muscles  
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rigor mortis   the muscular hardness of death  
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myasthenia gravis   a chronic progressive neuromuscular weakness  
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leiomyoma   a benign tumor of smooth muscle  
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bursa   a sac-like cavity filled with synovial fluid and located over bony prominences  
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Pain in a muscle   myalgia  
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Contraction of sternocleidomastoid muscle, causing rotation of the head.   torticollis  
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A nervous system disorder characterized by four muscular features.   Parkinson disease  
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A cyst on a joint capsule or tendon sheath.   ganglion  
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atony   Lack of normal tone or strength  
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bursitis   Inflammation of a bursa  
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cramp   Sustained spasm or contraction of a muscle accompanied by severe, localized pain  
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dystonia   Dyskinetic movements due to disordered tonicity of muscle  
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Dupuytren’s contracture   Painless thickening and contracture of the palmar fascia  
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fasciculations   Repetitive, involuntary contraction of muscle (tremors)  
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fibromyalgia   Group of rheumatic disorders characterized by achy pain, tenderness, and stiffness  
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myofascial pain syndrome   Chronic condition affecting the fascia, or connective tissue covering muscles  
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fibromyositis   Chronic inflammation of a muscle with hyperplasia of connective tissue  
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ganglion   Thin-walled band cyst formed on a joint capsule or tendon sheath  
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muscular dystrophy   Genetic abnormality of muscle tissue characterized by dysfunction and ultimately deterioration  
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myalgia   Muscle pain  
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myopathy   Any disease of the muscles  
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myositis ossificans   A disease characterized by bony deposits or the ossification of muscle tissue  
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paralysis   The loss of nervous control of a muscle  
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plantar fasciitis   Excessive pulling or stretching of the calcaneal periosteum by the plantar fascia  
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polymyositis   Autoimmune disorder which causes atrophy and weakness of the muscles  
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tendinitis   Inflammation of a tendon or the synovial lining of a tendon sheath  
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tenosynovitis   Inflammation of the tendon and the tendon sheath  
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tennis elbow   Inflammation, soreness, or pain on the outside side of the upper arm near the elbow  
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lateral and medial epicondylitis   Condition characterized by weakness and pain in the muscles and tendons of the outside elbow  
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