Muscular Sys terms Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
contracture | condition of great resistance to the stretch of a muscle |
convulsion | series of involuntary contractions of various voluntary muscles |
electromyography | technique for recording electrical charges in muscle tissue |
fibrillation | spontaneous contractions of individual muscle fibers, producing rapid and uncoordinated activity within a muscle |
fibrosis | degenerative disease in which fibrous connective tissue replaces skeletal muscle tissue |
fibrositis | inflammation of fibrous connective tissues, especially in the muscle fascia (also called muscular rheumatism) |
muscular dystrophies | group of inherited disorders in which deficiency of cytoskeletal protein (or glycoprotein) collapses muscle cells, leading to progressive loss of function) |
myalgia | pain from any muscular disease or disorder |
myasthenia gravis | chronic disease in which muscles are weak and easily fatigued because of malfunctioning neuromuscular junctions |
myokymia | persistent quivering of a muscle |
myology | study of muscles |
moma | tumor composed of muscle tissue |
myopathy | any muscular disease |
myositis | inflammation of skeletal muscle tissue |
myotomy | cutting of muscle tissue |
myotonia | prolonged muscular spasm |
paralysis | loss of ability to move a body part |
paresis | partial or slight paralysis of muscles |
shin splints | soreness on the front of the leg due to straining the flexor digitorum longus often as a result of walking up and down hills |
torticollis | condition in which the neck muscles, such as the sternocleidomastoids, contract involuntarily (also called wryneck) |
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