Clinical Terms

Question 1

Contracture

Answer 1

condition of great resistance to the stretch of a muscle

Question 2

Convulsion

Answer 2

series of involuntary contractions of various voluntary muscles

Question 3

Electromyography

Answer 3

technique for recording electrical charges in muscle tissues

Question 4

Fibrillation

Answer 4

spontaneous contractions of individual muscle fibers, producing rapid and uncoordinated activity within a muscle

Question 5

Fibrosis

Answer 5

degenerative disease in which fibrous connective tissue replaces skeletal muscle tissue

Question 6

Fibrositis

Answer 6

inflammation of fibrous connective tissue

Question 7

Muscular dystrophies

Answer 7

group of inherited disorders in which deficiency of dystrophin collapses muscle cells and leads to loss of function

Question 8

Myalgia

Answer 8

pain from any muscular disease or disorder

Question 9

Myasthenia

Answer 9

chronic disease in which muscles are weak and easily fatigued because of malfunctioning neuromuscular junctions

Question 10

Myokymia

Answer 10

persistent quivering of a muscle

Question 11

Myology

Answer 11

study of muscles

Question 12

Myoma

Answer 12

tumor composed of muscle tissue

Question 13

Myopathy

Answer 13

any muscular disease

Question 14

Myositis

Answer 14

inflammation of skeletal muscle tissue

Question 15

Myotomy

Answer 15

cutting of muscle tissue

Question 16

Myotonia

Answer 16

prolonged muscle spasm

Question 17

Paralysis

Answer 17

loss of ability to move a body part

Question 18

Paresis

Answer 18

partial or slight paralysis of muscles