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KSS SM Vocab 11
SM Vocab 11
Question | Answer |
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MEDIAL | Situated or occurring in the middle; inside; toward the midline |
MODALITY | An agent used in physical therapy; also any apparatus used for applying such agent; or physical therapeutic agent such as whirlpool, massage, exercise, etc |
MORTISE | A cavity into which some other part fits |
MUSCLE | a tissue composed of contractile fibers or cells |
MUSCLE CRAMP (SPASM) | Painful involuntary contraction of skeletal muscle group |
MYOLOGY | Study of muscles |
MYOSITIS | Inflammation of muscle |
MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS | The formation of new bone following trauma, in tissues that normally do not undergo such a process; Most frequently seen in the quadriceps muscle following a severe blow to the thigh |
NAIL AVULSION | Dislodgment of the nail from its bed by trauma |
NECROSIS | Tissue death |
NERVE | A bundle of nerve fibers, usually outside the brain or spinal cord |
NEUROLOGY | Study of the nervous system |
NEURITIS | Inflammation or irritation due to infection of mechanical pressure on a nerve, causing pain, tenderness, and paresthesia along the course of the nerve |
ORIGIN | The more fixed, central or larger attachment of a muscle; (where a muscle begins) |
OSTEOLOGY | Study of bones |