Muscle Testing and Procedures Ch 3 Flashcards
Electromyography (EMG)
Process of recording the electrical activity of the muscle cells near the recording electrodes
Electromyogram
The record of the strength of muscle contraction caused by electrical stimulation
Adhesion
Band of fibers that hold structures together in an abnormal fashion
Ataxia
Lack of voluntary control of muscle movement; “wobbliness”
Tax/o
Coordination or order
Atonic
Lacking muscle tone
Atrophy
Decrease in size or complete wasting of an organ or tissue or cell
Dystrophy
Defective growth
Fasciitis (fash-ee-I-tis)
Inflammation of the sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports and separates muscle (fascia)
Fibroma (Fibroid)
Tumor composed of fully developed connective tissue
Hernia
Protrusion of a body part through tissues that normally contain it
Laxity
Looseness
Leiomyoma
Benign tumor of smooth muscle
Leiomyositis
Inflammation of the smooth muscle
Myasthenia
Muscle weakness
-asthenia
Weakness
Myoclonus
Spasm of the muscle
Clon/o
Violent action (spasm)
Myoma
Benign tumor of muscle
Myopathy
Abnormal condition or disease of muscle
Myositis
Inflammation of voluntary muscles
Myotonia
Delayed relaxation of a muscle after contraction
Rhabdomyoma (rahb-do-mee-oh)
Benign tumor of striated muscle
Tendinitis
Inflammation of the band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle and bone
Tetany
Muscle spasm or twitching
Myectomy
Surgical removal of muscle or part of muscle
