A & P Terms
What is trapezius?
Medical term for upper shoulder/neck muscles
What is flexion?
Medical term for the act of bending or being bent.
What is contracture?
Medical term for abnormal shortening of muscle fibers.
What is electromyogram?
Record produced by electromyography.
What is fasciotomy?
Medical term to cut into the fascia.
What is deltoid?
Medical term for upper arm muscle used for IM injections
What is abduction?
Medical term for moving away from the midline.
What is tendinitis.
Medical term for inflammation of a tendon.
What is deep tendon reflexes?
Diagnostic procedure to test muscle contraction response.
What is intramuscular?
Medical term for IM
What is pectoralis?
Medical term for chest muscles.
What is adduction?
Medical Term for movement toward the midline.
What is hypertrophy?
Medical term for an increase in muscle bulk
What is muscle biopsy?
Diagnostic procedure for removal of muscle tissue for pathological examination.
What is carpal tunnel release?
Medical term for surgically cutting the ligament in the wrist to relieve nerve pressure
What is Biceps brachii?
Medical term for common upper arm muscles.
What is pronation?
Medical term for turning downward or backward with the hand or foot.
What is myalgia?
Medical term for muscle pain.
What is electromyography?
Diagnostic procedure for studying and recording the strength and quality of muscle contractions as a result of electrical stimulation.
What is myoplasty?
Medical term for the surgical procedure to repair a muscle.
What is rectus abdominis?
Also known as abs
What is eversion?
Medical term for turning outward.
What is bradykinesia?
Medical term for having slow movements.
What is creatine phosphokinase?
Diagnostic test for the presence of muscle enzymes found in skeletal and cardiac muscle.
What is tenoplasty?
Medical term for the surgical procedure to repair a tendon.