Chapter 8 Vocab Flashcards
wasting away of muscles
Muscular Atrophy
branch of medical science concerned with the prevention or correction of disorders of the musculoskeletal system
Orthopedics
increase in muscle fiber diameter owing to the production of more myofibrils, mitochondria, SR, etc
Muscular hypertrophy
resulting stiffness of the muscles after death
Rigor mortis
painful inflammation of the tendons, tendon sheaths, and synovial membranes of joints
Tendinitis
most common cause of shoulder pain and dysfunction in athletes
Impingement syndrome
a disease or disorder of the skeletal muscle tissue itself
Myopathy
autoimmune disease that cause chronic, progressive damage of the neuromuscular junction
Myasthenia gravis
a group of inherited muscle-destroying diseases that cause progressive degeneration of skeletal muscle fibers
Muscular dystrophy
a painful, no articular rheumatic disorder that usually appears between the ages of 25 and 50
Fibromyalgia
a sudden involuntary contraction of a single muscle in a large group of muscles
Spasm
a painful spasmodic contraction
Cramp
a spasmodic twitching made involuntarily by muscles that are ordinarily under voluntary control
Tic
a rhythmic, involuntary, purposeless contraction that produces a quivering or shaking movement
Tremor
an involuntary, brief twitch of an entire motor unit that is visible need the skin
Fasciculation
