Medical Terminology
Muscle Functions
Key Terms
Muscular Diseases
Overview
100
ab-
What is away, from?
100
Extends and rotates femur
What is Gluteus Maximus
100
aerobic
What is requiring oxygen
100
Tearing of a tendon
What is Tendonitis
100
Example of Skeletal Muscle
What is biceps brachii
200
Quad-
What is short for?
200
Raises corner of your mouth
What is Zygomatic major
200
anaerobic
What is without oxygen
200
Occurs when a organ protrudes through a muscle
What is Hernia
200
four characteristics of muscles
What is contractibility, excitability, extensibility, and elasticity
300
-tonic
What is give feeling of vigor or well being; medicine
300
Helps with breathing
What is Diaphragm
300
muscle tone
What is partial muscle contraction
300
Muscle cells break down and is caused by a genetic defect
What is Muscular Dystrophy
300
A pain in a muscle or group of muscles
What is myalgia
400
-trophy
What is nourishment; development (condition of)
400
Points toes and flexes lower leg
What is Gastrocnemius
400
sarcolemma
What is muscle cell membrane
400
Occurs when the connection between then nerve and the muscle is lost
What is Myasthenia Gravis
400
muscular dystrophy
What is a group of diseases causing muscle cells to detoriate
500
-asthenia
What is weakness?
500
Flexes upper arm and helps abduct it
What is Pectoralis major
500
neurotransmitter
What is chemical messengers, regulates body functions
500
Spasms of the skeletal muscle caused by a toxin of bacteria
What is Tetanus (lock jaw)
500
Muscles of the head
What is frontalis, temporalis, orbicularis oculi, masseter, orbicularis oris, sternocleidomastoid, zygomaticus major
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