muscular system medix
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 myosclerosis | Hardening of a muscle |
| torticollis | stiff neck |
| myorrhaphy | suturing of a muscle |
| epimysium | outter covering of a muscle |
| perimysium | outer covering of small bundles of muscle fibers |
| endomysium | covering of each muscle fiber |
| synergist | a muscle functioning in cooperation with another muscle |
| agonist | a contracting muscle |
| antagonist | a muscle that oposes the agonist |
| tendon | attaches muscle to bone |
| ligament | connects bones to other bones at a joint |
| myocele | hernation of a muscle |
| myotrophy | wasting away of a muscle |
| muscle | tissue composed of fibers that are capable of contraction |
| myalgia | pain in the muscle |
| myocyle | muscle cell |
| myogenesis | formation of muscle cells |
| myology | study of muscle |
| myopathy | disease of a muscle |
| myoplasty | surgical repair of a muscle |
| myorrhexis | tearing of a muscle |
| myomalagia | oftening of a muscle |
| myolysis | destruction of a muscle |
| sprain | traumatic injury to tendons, muscles, or ligaments around a joint |
| strain | overstretching of a muscle |
| achilles tendon | major tendon of the heel |
| sartorius | muscle that extends from pelvis to calf |
| muscle tone | partial state of contraction |
| contracture | permanent contracting of a muscle |
| tendonitis | infalmmation of a tendon |
| myoischemia | lack of oxygen in muscle tissue, due to lack of blood supply |
| myoedema | swelling of a muscle |
| physical therapy | branch of medicine that deals with the restoration of strength and function to injured structures |
| myodynia | pain in the muscle |
| striated | striped appearance of muscles |
| fascia | band of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and seperates muscle |
| kinesology | study of muscular activity and movement of body parts |
| tonus | normal state of balanced muscle tension present in body when one is awake |
| flexion | decreasing the angle between two bones or bending a limb at a joint |
| extension | increasing the angle between two bones or straightening a joint |
| hyperextension | overextension of a limb or body part beyond its normal limit |
| elevation | lifting a body part |
| depression | lowering a body part |
| rotation | circular movement around an axis |
| circumduction | circular movement of a limb at the far end |
| supination | rotating the arm or leg so the palm of the hand or sole of the foot is turned upward or forward |
| pronation | rotating the arm or leg so the palm of the hand or sole of the foot is turned downward or backward |
| muscle origin | place where the muscle originates |
| muscle insertion | place where the muscle ends |
| electromyography | records the strength of muscle contractions as the result of electrical stimulation |
| epicondylitis | inflammation of tissues around the elbow |
| ataxia | inability to coordinate the muscles in the execution of voluntary movement |
| hypertrophy | over development of a muscle |
| myofibrils | skeletal muscle fibers |
| atonic | lacking normal muscle tone |
| dystonia | abnormal muscle tone |
| myotonia | delayed relaxation of a muscle after a strong contraction |
| myasthenia gravis | autoimmune disorder characterized by muscle weakness, chiefly of muscles innervated by cranial nerves |
| myonecrosis | death of individual muscle fibers |
| viseralgia | pain in the visvera |
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