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medical terminology muscular system

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show my/o  
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show muscles  
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show fasci/o  
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show tend/o  
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show tendon  
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show movement toward the midline  
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show movement away from the midline  
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adhesion   show
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ataxia   show
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show weakness and wasting away  
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show tightening or shortening of a muscle  
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show abnormal shortening of muscle tissue  
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dorsiflexion   show
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show distortion or impairment of voluntary movement, as in a tic or spasm  
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dystaxia   show
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show abnormal muscle tone  
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epicondylitis   show
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ergonomics   show
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fasciitis   show
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show surgical repair of the fascia  
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fasciotomy   show
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hemiparesis   show
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hyperkinesia   show
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show excessive tone of the skeletal muscles with increased resistance of muscle to passive stretching  
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hypokinesia   show
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show diminished tone of the skeletal muscles with decreased resistance of muscle to passive stretching  
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kinesiology   show
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muscular dystrophy   show
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myalgia   show
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myasthenia   show
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show surgical removal of a portion of the muscle  
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show spasm or twitching of a muscle or group of muscles  
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myolysis   show
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show abnormal softening of muscle tissue  
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show weakness or slight paralysis of muscle  
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myoplasty   show
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myorrhaphy   show
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show rupture of a muscle  
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show inflammaiton of skeletal muscle tissue  
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show delayed relaxation of a muscle after a strong contraction  
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show slanted or at an angle  
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show paralysis of both legs and the lower part of the body  
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polymyositis   show
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show paralysis of all four extremities  
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show straight  
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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 ring-like muscle that tightly constricts the opening of a passageway  
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show late appearance of dyskanesia as a side effect of long-term treatment of certain antipsychotic drugs  
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tenalgia   show
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show inflammation of the tendons d/t excessive or unusual use of a joint  
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show surgical removal of a tendon  
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show to suture the end of a tendon to bone  
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show to free a tendon from adhesions  
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tenonectomy   show
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tenoplasty   show
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tenorrhaphy   show
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show surgical division of a tendon for releif of a deformity  
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show function is to move and control the flow of fluids through structures (walls of internal organs such as the digestive tract, blood vessels, and ducts leading from glands.)  
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show same as smooth muscle, do not have dark and light bands  
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involuntary muscles   show
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visceral muscles   show
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skeletal muscles   show
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flexion   show
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show raises a body part  
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show turns a bone on its own axis  
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show turns the palms upward or forward  
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show bends the foot upward at the ankle  
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extension   show
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show lowers a body part  
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show turns at the far end  
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show turns the palm downward or backward  
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plantar flexion   show
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