Chp 7 Muscular System VOCAB Flashcards by India Davis | Brainscape

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Aponeurosis

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Very thin tendon

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Amputation

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Removal of a body part

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Antagonist

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going against

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Aponeurosis

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Very thin tendon

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Brachialgia

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Pain in arm

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Bradykinesia

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Slow movement

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Clonic

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type of seizure

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Contraction

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Opposite of relaxation

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Contracture

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Process of drawing muscles together

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Dactylospasm

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Abnormal jerking motion of fingers or toes

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Dermatomyositis

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Inflammation that produces rash or fatigue in the muscles

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Dystrophy

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Abnormality

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Fascia

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Sheet that connects muscle and bone in the body

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Fascitis

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Inflammation in the fascia

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Fibromyalgia Syndrome

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Bony pain/muscular pain

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Fibromyitis

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Inflammation in the muscle

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Flaccid

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Not being able to move; limp

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Prosthesis

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Artificial limb

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Rhabdomyoma

A

Non cancerous muscular growth in the heart

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Rheumatism

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Some type of rheumatic disease that affects the muscle

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Rotator cuff

A

Allows shoulders to rotate

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Sarcolemma

A

Allows muscles to contract

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Spasticity

A

Involuntary motion

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Synergetic

A

2 things working together

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Synovitis

A

Inflammation of the synovial fluid

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Tenodynia

A

Pain in the tendon

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Torsion

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Process of something being twisted

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Torticollis

A

Inability to twist neck; stick neck

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Sarc/o

A

Flesh

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Rhabd/o

A

Rod