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| Skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles |
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| Three basic types of muscle tissue |
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| Skeletal muscles are __________ muscle type and are controlled by the conscious part of the brain and attach to the bones. |
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| Responsible for movement, help to maintain posture and produce heat |
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| Through contractility, extensibility and elasticity____ are responsible for the movement of the body |
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| ____ produce relatively slow contraction with greater degree of extensibility in the internal organs, especially organs of the digestive, respiratory and urinary tract, plus certain muscles of the eye and skin and walls of blood vessels. |
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| Muscle of the heart, controlled by the autonomic nervous system and specialized neuromuscular tissue located within the right atrium that is capable of causing cardiac muscle to contract rhythmically. The neuromuscular tissue of the heart comprises the sinoatrial node, the atrioventricular node and the atrioventricular bundle. |
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| A band of connective tissue serving for the attachment of muscles to bone. |
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| Body, origin and insertion |
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| a muscle that counters the action of another muscle |
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| a muscle that is primary in a given moment. Its contraction produces the movement |
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| a muscle that acts with another muscle to produce movement. |
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| Sternocleidomastoid (anterior) |
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| Muscle that rotates and laterally flexes the neck |
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| Trapezius (anterior and posterior view) |
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| Muscle that draws the head back and to the side; rotates the scapula |
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| Deltoid (anterior and posterior view) |
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| Muscle that raises and rotates the arm |
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| Rectus femoris (anterior) |
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| Muscle that extends the leg and assists flexion of the thigh |
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| Muscle that flexes and rotates the thigh and leg |
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| Tibialis anterior (anterior) |
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| Muscle that dorsiflexes the foot and increases the arch in the beginning process of walking |
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| Pectoralis major (anterior) |
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| Muscle that flexes, adducts and rotates the arm |
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| Biceps brachii (anterior) |
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| Muscles that flexes the arm and forearm and supinates the forearm |
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| Rectus abdominis (anterior) |
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| Muscle that compresses or flattens the abdomen |
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| Gastrocnemius (anterior and posterior view) |
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| Muscle that plantar flexes the foot and flexes the knee |
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| Muscle that plantar flexes the foot. |
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| Muscles that extend the forearm |
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| Latissimus dorsi (posterior view) |
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| Muscles that adducts, extends and rotates the arm; used during swimming |
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| Gluteus maximus (posterior view) |
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| Muscles that extends and rotates the thigh |
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| Bicpes femoris (posterior view) |
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| Muscles that flexes the knee and rotates it outward |
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| Semitendinosus (posterior view) |
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| Muscles that flexes and rotates the leg, extends thigh. |
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| Muscle of the heart; involuntary but striated in appearance |
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| the partition of muscles and membranes that separates the chest cavity and abdominal cavity |
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| a muscle that, on contraction, draws away from the middle |
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| a muscle that draws a part toward the middle |
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| the removal of a limb, part or other appendage |
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| a muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle |
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| a fibrous sheet of connective tissue that serves to attach muscle to bone or to other tissues |
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| a lack of muscular coordination |
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| pertaining to a lack of normal tone or tension |
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| a lack of nourishment; a wasting of muscular tissue that may be caused by lack of use |
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| a muscle with two heads or points of origin |
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| slowness of motion or movement |
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| pertaining to alternate contraction and relaxation of muscles |
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| the process of drawing up and thickening of a muscle fiber |
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| a condition in which a muscle shortens and renders the muscle resistant to the normal stretching process |
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| inflammation of the muscles and the skin; a connective tissue disease characterized by edema, dermatitis and inflammation of the muscles |
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| treatment using high-frequency current to produce heat within a part of the body; used to increase blood flow and should not be used in acute stage of recovery from trauma. |
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| (type of diathermy) electromagnetic radiation is directed to specified tissues |
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| (type of diathermy) high-frequency electric current (wavelength 3-30m) is directed to specified tissue |
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| (type of diathermy) high-frequency sound waves (20,000-10 billion cycles/sec) are directed to specified tissues |
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| a condition of impaired muscle tone |
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| a protein found in muscle cells; when the gene that is responsible for this protein is defective and sufficient dystrophin is not produced, muscle wasting occurs |
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| Faulty muscular development caused by lack of nourishment |
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| performed activity of the muscles for improvement of health or correction of deformity. |
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| (type of exercise) the patient contracts and relaxes his/her muscles |
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| (type of exercise) the patient contracts and relaxes his/her muscles with the assistance of a therepist |
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| (type of exercise) active muscular contraction performed against stable resistance, thereby not shortening the muscle length |
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| (type of exercise) exercise is performed by another individual without the assistance of the patient |
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| (type of exercise) movement of each joint through its full range of motion. Used to prevent loss of motility or to regain usage after an injury or fracture |
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| (type of exercise) Technique used to promote relaxation of the muscles and provide relief from tension |
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| a thin layer of connective tissue covering, supporting or connecting the muscles or inner organs of the body |
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| a state of tiredness or weariness occurring in a muscle as a result of repeated contractions |
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| a condition with widespread muscular pain and debilitating fatigue |
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| inflammation of muscle and fibrous tissue |
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| RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation |
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| (first aid treatment-ice) the treatment of choice for soft tissue injuries and muscle injuries. It causes vasoconstriction of blood vessels and is effective in diminishing bleeding and edema. Ice should not be placed directly unto the skin. |
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| (first aid treatment)___ by an elastic bandage is generally determined by the type of injury and the perference of the physician. |
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| (first aid treatment) Used to reduce swelling; the injured part should be _____ on two or three pillows. |
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| lacking muscle tone; weak, soft and flabby |
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| Thermotherapy: the treatment using scientific application of heat may be used 48-72 hours after the injury. Types: Heating pad, hot water bottle, hot packs, infrared light and immersion of body part in warm water. |
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| treatment using scientific application of water; types: hot tub, cold bath, whirlpool and vapor bath |
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| the point of attachment of a muscle to the part that it moves |
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| pertaining to within a muscle |
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| pertaining to having equal measure |
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| pertaining to having the same tone or tension |
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| a muscle that raises or elevates a part |
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| to knead, apply pressure and friction to external body tissues |
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| a chronic, progressive wasting and weakening of muscles |
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| a chronic disease characterized by progressive muscular weakness |
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| an embryonic cell that develops into a cell of muscle fiber |
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| a tumor that contains muscle and fiber |
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| an instrument used to record muscular contractions |
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| muscular motion or activity |
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| a tumor containing muscle tissue |
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| softening of muscle tissue |
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| weakness of slight paralysis of a muscle |
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| surgical repair of a muscle |
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| a malignant tumor derived from muscle tissue |
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| a condition of hardening of muscle |
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| spasmodic contraction of a muscle |
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| an instrument used to cut muscle |
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| pertaining to both nerves and muscles |
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| pertaining to disease of both nerves and muscles |
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| paralysis affecting many muscles |
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| bodily posture or attitude; the manner in which a patient's body may be arranged for examination |
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| an artificial device, organ or part such as a hand, arm, leg or both |
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| a muscle that has four heads or points of origin |
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| the process in which a muscle loosens and returns to a resting stage |
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| a tumor of striated muscle tissue |
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| a general term used to describe conditions characterized by inflammation, soreness and stiffness of muscles and pain in joints |
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| stiffness of skeletal muscles seen in death |
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| the process of moving a body part around a central axis |
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| a term used to describe the muscles immediately surrounding the shoulder joint. They stabilize the shoulder joint while the entire arm is moved. |
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| a plasma membrane surrounding each striated muscle fiber |
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| a condition of increased muscular tone causes stiff and awkward movements |
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| muscle arising from the sternum and clavicle with its insertion in the mastoid process |
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| excessive, forcible stretching of a muscle or the musculotendinous unit |
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| pertaining to certain muscles that work together |
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| inflammation of a synovial membrane |
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| a band of fibrous connective tissue serving for the attachment of muscles to bones; a giant cell tumor of a tendon sheath is a benign, small, yellow tumor-like nodule |
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| surgical binding of a tendon |
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| pertaining to tone, especially muscular tension |
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| the process of being twisted |
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| stiff neck caused by spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the neck, wryneck |
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| a muscle having three heads with a single insertion |
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| pertaining to under the control of one's will |
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