Everest345modbwk3 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
abduction | movement away from midline |
adduction | movement toward midline |
atonic | without normal tone or tension |
atrophy | wasting or underdevelopment of tissue |
circumduction | movement in a circular direction on a fixed axis |
claudication | limping |
dystaxia | difficult controlling voluntary movement |
dystonia | state of abnormal tone |
hypertonia | extreme tone or tension in a muscle |
tenosynovitis | inflammation of a tendon |
antagonistic | having opposite functions |
ataxia | uncoordinated muscle activity |
contraction | shortening or increasing tension |
extensor | muscle contraction that straightens |
fascicle | bundle of fibers |
fascia | sheet of fibrous tissue |
flaccid | relaxed, without tone |
flexor | muscle contraction that bends a body part |
Kinesiology | the science or study of movement |
myofibrils | muscle fiber |
neuromuscular | the relationship between nerve and muscle in motor innervations |
oblique | slanting |
platysma | neck muscle |
sarcomere | functional unit of muscle |
spasticity | state of increased muscle tone/tension |
sternocleidomastoid | muscle attached to the sternum, crosses the clavical and attaches to the mastoid process |
tendon | fibrous cord attaches muscle to bone |
tonic | state of continuous unremitting action |
torticollis | spasm of muscle in the neck |
transverse | crosswise |
voluntary | An action undertaken or controlled by a person's free will or choice |
a- | without |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
-asthenia | weakness |
circum | around |
claudicat/o | limping |
duct/o | to lead |
dys | bad, difficult, painful |
ex | out, away from |
fasci/o | fibrous band |
hyper | excessive, increased |
hypo | deficient, decreased |
-ic | pertaining to |
-itis | inflammation |
kinesi/o | movement |
my/o | muscle |
synovi/o | sac pertaining to a joint space |
tax/o | coordination |
ten/o | extend, tendon |
ton/o | tension |
-trophy | nourishment, development |
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