Chapter 4 part 1 Flashcards

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muscul/o, my/o, myos/o

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make body movement possible, hold the body erect, move body fluids and produce body heat

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fascia, fasci/o

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cover, support and separate muscles

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tendons, ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

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attach muscles to bones

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4
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bi

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twice, double, two

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cele

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hernia, tumor, swelling

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dys

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bad, difficult or painful

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fasci/o

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fascia, fibrous band

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fibro

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fibrous tissue, fiber

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ia

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abnormal condition, disease, plural of ium

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ic

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pertaining to

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kines/o, kinesi/o

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movement

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my/o

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muscle

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13
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plegia

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paralysis, stroke

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14
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rrhexis

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rupture

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tax/o

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coordination, order

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ten/o, tendin/o, tend/o

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tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

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ton/o

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tone, stretching, tension

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tri

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three

19
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muscle fibers

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long, slender cells that make up muscles

20
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fascia

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band of connective tissue that envelops, separates, or binds together muscles or groups of muscles and is flexible to allow movement

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myofascial

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pertaining to muscle tissue and fascia

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tendon

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narrow band of nonelastic dense, fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone

23
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patellar tendon

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attaches muscles to the bottom of the patella

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Achilles tendon

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attaches the gastrocnemius muscle (the major muscle of the calf of the leg) to the heel bone

25
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aponeurosis

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sheet-like fibrous connective tissue resembling flattened tendon that connects muscles together or to a bone

26
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skeletal muscles

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attached to the bones of the skeleton and makes body motions possible

27
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voluntary muscles

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aka skeletal muscles because we have conscious control over these muscles

28
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striated muscles

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aka skeletal muscles under a microscope and light bands in the muscle fibers create a striped appearance

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striated

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striped

30
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smooth muscles

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located in the walls of internal organs such as the digestive tract, blood vessels and ducts leading from glands to move and control the flow of fluids