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Medical Terminology Ch 6
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What are the three main functions of muscle?
Maintain posture
Produce heat
Provide movement
What is the fibrous sheath that covers muscle called?
Fascia
What attaches bone to muscle?
Tendon
What attaches bone to bone?
Ligaments
What type of muscle attaches to bone, conducts voulntary movement, single nucleus, and is striated?
Skeletal
What type of muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs, has single nucleus, and is not striated?
Smooth muscle
What is the most common form of muscular dystrophy?
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
What diseases is an autoimmune disorder characterized by fluctuating weakness?
Myasthenia gravis
Difficulty swallowing =
Dysphagia
Drooping =
Pstosis
What disease is characterized by widespread aching and stiffness of muscle and soft tissue?
Fibromyalgia
Tennis elbow =
Epicondylitis
Slight paralysis of one side of the body =
Hemiparesis
Weakness of partial paralysis of a muscle =
Myoparesis
Total paralysis on one side of the body =
Hemiplegia
Sthen/O =
Strength
Asthenia =
Weakness
Atonia =
lack of tone
Myocele
hernia of muscle
Periostitis =
inflammatioin of the periosteum
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Medical Terminology Ch 6
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2012-11-18T23:32:40Z
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