Mod B Lab Wk 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Responsible for movement, helps to mentain posture and produce heat. | functions of the muscular system. |
| 42% | % muscle weight. |
| rest, ice, compression, elevation | RICE |
| aponeurosis | a fibrous sheet of connective tissue that serves to attach muscle to bone or to other tissues |
| seperation | apo |
| nerve | neuro |
| condition of | osis |
| atrophy | a lack of nourishment; a wasting of muscular tissue that may be caused by lack of use. |
| lack of | a |
| nourishment, development | trophy |
| biceps | a muscle with two heads, or points of origin |
| two | bi |
| head | ceps |
| brachialgia | pain in the arm |
| arm | brachi |
| pain | algia |
| dystrophy | faulty muscular development caused by lack of nourishment. |
| difficult | dys |
| fasciectomy | surgical excision of fascia |
| a band | fasci, fascio |
| excision | ectomy |
| fascioplasty | surgical repair of a fascia |
| surgical repair | plasty |
| fatigue | a state of tiredness or weariness occurring in a muscle as a result of repeated contractions. |
| flaccid | lacking muscle tone; weak, soft and flabby |
| insertion | the point of attachment of a muscle to the part that it moves. |
| into | in |
| to gain | sert |
| process | ion |
| intramuscular | pertaining to within a muscle |
| within | intra |
| pertaining to | ac, ic |
| isometric | pertaining to having equal measure. |
| equal | iso |
| to measure | metr |
| isotonic | pertaining to having the same tone or tension |
| tone, tension | ton |
| lordosis | abnormal anterior curve of the spine |
| bending | lord |
| myomalacia | softening of muscle tissue |
| muscle | myo |
| softening | malacia |
| myosarcoma | a malignant tumor derived from muscle tissue |
| flesh | sarc, sarco |
| tumor | oma |
| origin | the begining of anything; the more fixed attachment of a skeletal muscle. |
| quadriceps | a muscle that has four heads or points of origin. |
| four | quad |
| rhabdomyoma | a tumor of striated muscle tissue |
| rod | rhabdo |
| rigor mortis | siffness of skeletal muscles seen in death |
| sarcolemma | a plasma membrane surrounding each striated muscle fiber |
| a rind | lemma |
| striated | a form of fibers that are combined into parallel fibers. appear to have crosswise stripes when viewed under microscope. |
| tenodesis | surgical binding of a tendon |
| tendon | teno |
| binding | desis |
| tenodynia | pain in a tendon. |
| triceps | a muscle having three heads with a single insertion |
| three | tri |
| visceral | the internal organs of the body;specifically those within the chest |
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