Vocabulary-Muscles
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| abduction | Movement away from the midline of the body
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| adduction | Movement toward the midline of the body
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| dorsiflexion | Backward (upward) bending of the foot
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| extension | Straightening of a flexed limb
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| fascia | Fibrous membrane separating and enveloping muscles
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| flexion | Bending a limb: decreasing the angle between bones
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| insertion of a muscle | Connection of the muscle to a bone that moves
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| origin of a muscle | Connection of the muscle to a stationary bone
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| plantar flexion | Bending the sole of the foot downward towards the ground
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| pronation | Turning the palm down
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| rotation | Circular movement around a centeral point
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| skeletal muscle | Muscle connected to bones: voluntary or striated muscle
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| smooth muscle | Visceral muscle
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| striated muscle | Skeletal muscle
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| supination | Turning the palm upward
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| visceral muscle | Muscle connected to internal organs: involuntary or smooth muscle
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| muscular dystrophy | Group of inherited diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of muscle fibers without involvement of the nervous system
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| Duchenne muscular dystrophy | Most common form, muscles appear to enlarge (pseudohypertrophy) as fat replaces functional muscle cells that have degenerated and atrophied
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| polymyositis | Chronic inflammatory myopathy. This condition is marked by symmetrical muscle weakness and pain, often accompanied by a rash around the eyes and on the face and limbs.
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