Chapter 15: Muscles

Question 1

Fasciotomy

Answer 1

Incision of fascia

Question 2

Fibromyalgia

Answer 2

Pain of fibrous connective tissue and muscles

Question 3

Leiomyoma

Answer 3

Tumor (benign( of a smooth muscle

Question 4

Leiomyosarcoma

Answer 4

Tumor (malignant) of smooth muscle

Question 5

Myalgia

Answer 5

Pain of muscle

Question 6

Electromygraphy

Answer 6

Process of recording the electricity in muscle

Question 7

Myopathy

Answer 7

Disease of muscle

Question 8

Myocardial

Answer 8

Pertaining to heart muscle

Question 9

Myositis

Answer 9

inflammation of muscle

Question 10

Plantar flexion

Answer 10

Bending downward to the sole of the foot

Question 11

Rhabdomyoma

Answer 11

Tumor (benign) of a skeletal muscle

Question 12

Sarcopennia

Answer 12

Loss of muscle mass and strength associated with aging

Question 13

Myasthenia Gravis

Answer 13

Condition of muscle weakness caused by failure in transmission of nervous impulses from a nerve to muscle cell

Question 14

Atrophy

Answer 14

Decrease in size of normally developed organ or tissue; wasting of tissue

Question 15

Hypertrophy

Answer 15

Excessive development (increase in cell size)

Question 16

Amyotrophic

Answer 16

Pertaining to loss of muscle development (in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis muscles can’t move because of degeneration of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord)

Question 17

Abduction

Answer 17

Process of carrying away (muscle is pulled away from the midline of the body)

Question 18

Adduction

Answer 18

Process of carrying toward (muscle is pulled toward the midline of the body)

Question 19

Polymyalgia

Answer 19

Pain of many muscles