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description "Chapter 7 muscles"
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Tenodesis
Ten/o is tendon
-desis is binding
Surgical binding of a tendon
Tenodynia
Ten/o is tendon
-dynia is pain
Pain in tendon
Tetany
Sharp painfull flexation of wrist and ankle joints caused by abnormality in calcium metabolism
Rigor mortis
Stiffness of skeleton 4-24 hours after death
Quadriceps
Quad is 4
-ceps is head
Muscle with 4 points of origin
Prosthesis
Prosth/e is an addition
-sis is condition
Artificial device used to replace a body part
AK
Above the knee
BK
Below the knee
IM
Intramuscular
MD
Miscular dystrophy
MG
Myastuenia gravis
MS
Multiple sclerosis
SGPT
Serum glutamatic pyruvic transaminase
Myotome
My/o is muscle
-tomy is incision
Surgical incision to the muscle
Myosarcoma
My/o is muscle
Sarc is flesh
-oma is tumor
Malignant tumor derived from muscle
Mysclerosis
My/o is muscle
Scler is harding
Osis is condition
Abnormal condition of hardening of muscle
Fascia
Fasc is a band
-ia is condition
A thin layer of connective tissue covering or connecting the muscles or organs of the body
Fascitis
Fasc is a band
-itis is inflammation
Inflammation of the Fascia
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Chapter 7 muscles
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muscles chapter 7
Updated
2013-03-25T04:52:50Z
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