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muscle/orthroped voc
muscle/orthropedic vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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abduction | to take away from; away from midline |
adduction | to move toward midline |
amyotrophic | loss of muscle development |
atrophy | decrease in size of an organ/tissue |
cardiac muscle | muscle of the heart; not conscious control |
dorsiflexion | backward(upward) bending of the foot |
electromyography | process of recording the electricity of the heart |
fasciecetomy | removal of fascia |
fibromyalgia | pain in muscles,fibrous connective tissue |
hypertrophy | increase in size of an organ/tissue; excessive development |
insertion | point of junction of the muscle to the bone |
leiomyoma | benign tumor of smooth muscle |
leiomyosarcoma | malignant tumor of smooth muscle |
myalgia | muscle pain |
myasthenia gravis | condition of muscle weakness due to failure in transmission of nervous impluses from nerve to muscle cells |
myocardial | pertaining to the heart muscles |
myopathy | disease of muscle |
myositis | inflammation of muscle |
origin | point of attachment of the muscle to the bone; stationary |
plantar flexion | bending foot downward toward the sole of the foot |
polymyalgia | pain in many muscles |
rhabdomyoma | benign tumor of skeletal muscles |
rhabdomyosarcoma | malignant tumor of skeletal muscles |
smooth muscle | muscle connected to internal organs; involuntary or visceral muscle |
striated muscle | voluntary control, moves all bones as well as the eyes and face |