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| movement away from midline of body |
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| movement toward midline of body |
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| act of bending or being bent |
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| brings limb into a straight condition |
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| pertaining to heart muscle |
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| scar tissue in fascia; makes muscle movement difficult |
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| poor muscle development; result of muscle disease or lack of use; muscle wasting |
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| increase in muscle bulk from using it |
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| intermittent claudication |
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| attacks of severe pain and lameness caused by muscle ischemia; usually in calf muscles |
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| widespread aching and pain in muscles and soft tissue |
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| inherited disease with progressive muscle atrophy |
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| Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) |
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| repetitive motion disorder; compression of finger tendons and median nerve as they pass through carpal tunnel of the wrist |
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| joint capsule of shoulder joint is reinforced by tendons; high degree of flexibility puts rotator cuff at risk for strain and tearing |
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| damage to muscle, tendons, or ligaments due to overuse or overstretching |
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| creatine phosphokinase (CPK) |
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| muscle enzyme found in skeletal and cardiac muscle; elevated blood levels indicate muscle damage; seen in muscular dystrophy and heart attack |
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| skeletal muscle relaxants |
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relax skeletal muscle spasms
Ex: Flexeril, soma |
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