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Section II: Muscular System Flashcards

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movement away from midline of the body

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abduction

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movement toward midline of the body

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adduction

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act of bending or being bent

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flexion

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movement that brings limb into or toward a straight condition

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extension

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backward bending

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dorsiflexion

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bonding sole of foot; pointing toes downward

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plantar flexion

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turning outward

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eversion

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turning inward

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inversion

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to turn downward or backward with hand or foot

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pronation

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turning the palm or foot upward

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supination

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to raise a body part

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elevation

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movement in circular direction from a central point as if drawing large, imaginary circle in the air

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circumduction

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moving thumb away from palm; ability to move the thumb into contact with the other fingers

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opposition

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moving around a central axis

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rotation

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Pathology: Medical Specialties; science that studies movement, how it is produced, and muscles involved

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kinesiology

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Pathology: Medical Specialties; assists person to regain, develop, and improve skills important for independent functioning

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occupational therapy

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Pathology: Medical Specialties; branch of medicine focused on restoring function; primarily cares for patients with musculoskeletal and nervous system disorders

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physical medicine

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Pathology: Medical Specialties; evaluation and treatment of disorders and rehabilitation of people using physical methods (heat, cold, massage, and exercise)

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physical therapy

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; scar tissue forming in fascia surrounding muscle, making it difficult to stretch muscle

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adhesion

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; lack of muscle tone

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atonia

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; poor muscle development as a result of muscle disease, nervous system disease, or lack of use

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atrophy

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; having slow movements

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bradykinesia

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; abnormal shortening of muscle fibers, tendons, or fascia, making it difficult to stretch muscle

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contracture

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; having difficult or abnormal movement

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dyskinesia

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; having abnormal muscle tone

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dystonia

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; having excessive amount of movement

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hyperkinesia

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; having excessive muscle tone

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hypertonia

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; increase in muscle bulk as a result of use, as with lifting waste

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hypertrophy

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; having insufficient amount of movement

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hypokinesia

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; having insufficient muscle tone

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hypertonia

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; attacks of severe pain and lameness caused by ischemia of muscles, caused by walking

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intermittent claudication

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; muscle pain

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; muscle weakness

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myasthenia

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; muscle tone

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; sudden, involuntary, strong muscle contraction

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Pathology: Signs and Symptoms; tendon pain

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Pathology: Muscles; condition with widespread aching and pain in muscles and soft tissue

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fibromyalgia

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Pathology: Muscles; inflammation of muscle attachment to lateral epicondyle of elbow; caused by strong gripping (tennis elbow)

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lateral epicondylitis

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Pathology: Muscles; inherited disease causing progressive muscle degeneration, weakness, and atrophy

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muscular dystrophy

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Pathology: Muscles; general term for muscle disease

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Pathology: Muscles; tearing a muscle

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myorrhexis

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Pathology: Muscles; bacterial infection that results in death of a body’s soft tissue (flesh-eating disease)

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necrotizing fasciitis

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Pathology: Muscles; simultaneous inflammation of two or more muscles

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polymyositis

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Pathology: Muscles; type of inherited muscular dystrophy where muscle tissue in gradually replaced by fatty tissue

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pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy

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Pathology: Muscles; severe neck spasms pulling head to one side

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torticollis

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Pathology: Tendons, Muscles, and/or Ligaments; repetitive motion disorder with pain caused by compression of finger flexor tendons

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carpal tunnel syndrome

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Pathology: Tendons, Muscles, and/or Ligaments; cyst that forms on tendon sheath, usually on hand, wrist, or ankle

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ganglion cyst

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Pathology: Tendons, Muscles, and/or Ligaments; group of chronic disorders involving tendon, muscle, joint, and nerve damage, resulting from tissue being subjected to pressure, vibration, or repetitive movements

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repetitive motion disorder

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Pathology: Tendons, Muscles, and/or Ligaments; rotator cuff consists on joint capsule of shoulder joint reinforced by tendons from several shoulder muschles

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rotator cuff injury

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Pathology: Tendons, Muscles, and/or Ligaments; damage to muscle, tendons, or ligaments, due to overuse or overstretching

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Pathology: Tendons, Muscles, and/or Ligaments; inflammation of tendon

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tendinitis

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Diagnostic Procedure: Clinical Laboratory Test; muscle enzyme found in skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle; blood levels become elevated in dorsers such as heart attack

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creatine kinase

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Diagnostic Procedure: Additional Diagnostic Procedures: muscle contraction in response to a stretch caused by striking muscle tendon with a reflex hammer

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deep tendon reflexes

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Diagnostic Procedure: Additional Diagnostic Procedures: hardcopy record produced by electomyography

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electromyogram

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Diagnostic Procedure: Additional Diagnostic Procedures: study and record of strength and quality of muscle contractions as a result of electrical stimulation

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electromyography

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Diagnostic Procedure: Additional Diagnostic Procedures: removal of muscle tissue for pathological examination

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muscle biopsy

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; activities usually performed during a normal day, such as eating, dressing, and washing

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activities of daily living

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; use of cold in a treatment

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cryotherapy

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; assisting patient to learn to walk again or to use assistive device

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gait training

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; application of warm water as a treatment can be done in bath, swimming pool

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hydrotherapy

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; kneading or applying pressure by hands to part of body to promote muscle relaxation of reduce tension

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; treatments like exercise, massage, and physical manipulation to restore movement to joints and soft tissue

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mobilization

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; putting a joint through available range of motion without assistance from patient

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passive range of motion

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; use of ultrasound waves to introduce medication across skin

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phonophoresis

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; process of treatment and exercise that can help person with disability attain maximum function and well-being

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rehabilitation

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; exercise planned and carried out to achieve specific physical benefit (improved range of motion, muscle strengthening)

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therapeutic exercise

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; applying heat, in form of moist, hot packs

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thermotherapy

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; use of high-frequency sound waves to create heat in soft tissues under skin; useful for treating muscle injuries, tendons, ligaments

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ultrasound

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; surgical cutting of ligament in wrist to relieve nerve pressure caused by carpal tunnel syndrome

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carpal tunnel release

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; surgical procedure that cuts into fascia

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fasciotomy

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; surgical procedure to repair a muscle

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; to suture a muscle

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myorrhaphy

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; surgical procedure to repair a tendon

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tendoplasty

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; surgical procedure that cuts into tendon

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; surgical procedure to stabilize joint by anchoring down tendons of muscles that move joint

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; surgical procedure to repair a tendon

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tenoplasty

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Therapeutic Procedures: Rehabilitation Procedures; to suture a tendon

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tenorrhaphy

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