Medical Terminology Ch 6

What are the three main functions of muscle?

What is the fibrous sheath that covers muscle called?

What attaches bone to muscle?

What attaches bone to bone?

What type of muscle attaches to bone, conducts voulntary movement, single nucleus, and is striated?

What type of muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs, has single nucleus, and is not striated? 

What is the most common form of muscular dystrophy?

What diseases is an autoimmune disorder characterized by fluctuating weakness?

Difficulty swallowing =

Drooping = 

What disease is characterized by widespread aching and stiffness of muscle and soft tissue?

Tennis elbow =

Slight paralysis of one side of the body = 

Weakness of partial paralysis of a muscle = 

Total paralysis on one side of the body =

Sthen/O =

Asthenia =

Atonia = 

Myocele

Periostitis =