Diagnostics
Diagnostic imaging technique that uses electromagnetic waves to create images of the inside of the body. X-rays check for structural abnormality or disease.
What is radiography
Surgical repair of a muscle through plastic surgery.
What is myoplasty
A drug that reduces inflammation.
What is anti-inflammatory
computed tomography; computerized tomography
What is CT
the ability to be stretched
What is extensibility
A graphic recording of the contraction of a muscle as a result of electrical stimulation
What is electromyogram (EMG)
Treatment to rehabilitate a patient who has experienced an illness or injury. Common methods include exercise; hydrotherapy (water therapy), shown in Figure 5.22; ultrasound; and diathermy (DIGH-uh-THER-mee), or deep heating of body tissues using a high-frequency electrical current.
What is physical therapy
A drug that, in moderate doses, slows down the central nervous system, relieves pain, and induces sleep. Taken in excess, narcotics produce unconsciousness, stupor, coma, and possibly death.
What is narcotic
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
What is CPR
articul/o
What is joint
A noninvasive scanning test that involves use of an electromagnetic field and radio waves to visualize soft-tissue structures.
What is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Incision to the tendon, usually to repair a deformity caused by a shortened muscle.
What is tenotomy
A drug that relieves pain; includes nonprescription pain relievers, such as aspirin, and prescription pain relievers, such as hydrocodone
What is analgesic
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
What is DMD
circum-
What is around
Evaluation of involuntary muscular responses with a reflex hammer (Figure 5.20). Patients under heavy sedation or in a deep coma do not show these reflexes.
What is deep tendon reflexes (DTR)
Exercises performed to improve or maintain joint mobility and flexibility. People can perform active ROM exercises on their own. Assisted ROM exercises require minor assistance due to mild weakness, pain, or stiffness. A physical therapist performs passive ROM exercises on a person who requires total assistance to do the exercises.
What is range-of-motion (ROM) therapy
A drug prescribed to suppress smooth-muscle contractions of the bladder, stomach, or intestine.
What is antispasmodic or anticholinergic
penicillin
What is PCN
Muscles that are stimulated to move through conscious control
What is voluntary muscles
Diagnostic imaging technique in which a radioactive substance and a special camera visualize structures and functions in the body. The radioactive substance is injected into or swallowed by the patient.
What is nuclear medicine imaging (NMI)
Most common first-aid treatment for muscular injuries; often referred to as “RICE.”
What is Rest Ice Compression Elevation (RICE)
A group of drugs with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic (AN-tee-pigh-RET-ik) (fever-reducing) properties. Aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen are common over-the-counter (OTC) NSAIDs. This group of drugs is set apart from other drugs that have the same properties because they are nonsteroidal. (Steroidal drugs have narcotic effects and may lead to addiction.)
What is nonsteroidal (NON-steer-ROY-duhl) anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)
rhabdomyosarcoma
What is RMS
muscle that is found only in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle