Med Term

Muscle that on contraction draws away from the middle

Muscle that draws a part toward the middle

Muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle

Fibrous sheet of connective tissue that serves to attach muscle to bone or to other tissues

Lack of muscular coordination

Pertaining to a lack of normal tone or tension

Lack of nourishment; wasting of muscular tissue that can be caused by lack of use

Muscle with two heads or points of origin

Pain in the arm

Slowness of motion or movement

Pertaining to alternate contraction and relaxation of muscles

Process of drawing up and thickening of a muscle fiber

Cramp of a finger or toe

Partition of muscles and membranes that separates the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity

Condition of impaired muscle tone

Fault muscular deveopment caused by lack of nourishment

Thin layer of connective tissue covering, supporting, or connecting the muscles of inner organs of the body

Inflammation of a fascia

Inflammation of muscle and fibrous tissue

Point of attachment of a muscle to the part that it moves

Pertaining to within a muscle

Pertaining to having equal measure

Pertaining to having the same tone or tension

Muscle that raises or elevates a part

Pain in the muscle

Chronic disease characterized by progressive muscular weakness

Embryonic cell that develops into a cell of muscle fiber

Tumor that contains muscle and fiber

Instrument used to record muscular contractions

Muscular motion or activity

Study of muscles

Tumor containing muscle tissue

Softening of muscle tissue

Weakness or slight paralysis of a muscle

Muscle disease

Surgical repair of a muscle

Suture of a muscle wound

Malignant tumor derived from muscle tissue

Condition of hardening of muscle

Inflammation of muscle tissue, especially skeletal muscles; can be caused by infection, trauma, or parasitic infestation

Spasmodic contraction of a muscle

Incision into a muscle

Pertaining to both nerves and muscles

Pertaining to a disease condition involving both nerves and muscles

Paralysis affecting many muscles

Muscle that has four heads or points of origin

Process in which a muscle loosens and returns to a resting stage

Tumor of striated muscle tissue

Process of moving a body part around a central axis

Plasma membrane surrounding each striated muscle fiber

Condition of increased muscular tone causing stiff and awkward movements

Muscle arising from the sternum and clavicle with its insertion into the mastoid process

Pertaining to certain muscles that work together

Surgical binding of a tendon

Pain in a tendon

Condition characterized by cramps, convulsions, twitching of the muscles, and sharp flexion of the wrist and ankle joints; generally caused by an abnormality in calcium metabolism

Pertaining to tone, especially muscular tension

Stiff neck caused by spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the neck; also called wryneck

Muscle having three heads with a single insertion

Under the control of one's will