Muscular System Vocab Flashcards by Kristen Benson | Brainscape

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Away from the midline

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Abduction

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towards the midline

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Adduction

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without coordination

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ataxia

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two

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bi

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slowness of movement

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bradykinesia

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middle layer of the heart

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cardiac muscle

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swelling

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-cele

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movement of a limb

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circumduction

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raising the foot upwards

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dorsiflexion

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bad or difficult

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dys-

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impairment of voluntary movements

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dyskinesia

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neurological movement disorder

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dystonia

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measures muscle response

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electromyography

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extending

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extension

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membrane supporting muscles

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fasci/o

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fibrous tissue, fibers

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fibr/o

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bending an arm or leg

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flexion

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excessive movement of a joint

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hyperextension

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excessive movement

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hyperkinesia

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decreased muscle tone

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hypotonia

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condition of diseased or abnormal state

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-ia

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pertaining to

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-ic

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movement/motion

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kinesi/o

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autoimmune disorder

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Myasthenia Gravis

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muscle

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my/o

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degeneration of muscle

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myocele

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doctor who studies the brain

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neurologist

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situated at an angle

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oblique

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inability to move the lower parts of the body

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paraplegia

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paralysis of skeletal muscles

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-plegia

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rotation of the forearm

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pronation

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breaking, bursting

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-rrhexis

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highly organized tissue

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skeletal muscle

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contracts without voluntary control

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smooth muscle

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order, arrangement

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tax/o

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suturing the end of a tendon to the bone

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tenodesis

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free a tendon from adhesions

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tenolysis

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union of torn or divided tendons by sutures

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tenorrhaphy

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combining term meaning tendon

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ten/o

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tone, tension, pressure

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ton/o

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horizontal plane passing through the body

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transverse

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three

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tri

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paralysis that affects all four limbs

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quadriplegia

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characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain

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Fibromyalgia

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Q

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