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| process of producting a picture or record |
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| abnormal condition, disease, pural of -ium |
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| partial or incomplete paralysis |
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most common first aid treatment of muscular injuries
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| movement of a limb, arm or leg, away from the midline ofthe body |
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| muscle that moves a body part away from the midline |
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| painful inflammation of the achilles tendon caused by exessive stress being placed on that tendon |
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| movement of a limb, arm or leg, toward the midline of the body |
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| muscle that moves the body part toward the midline |
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| band of fibrous tissue that holds structures together abnormally |
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| working in opposition to each other, muscles are arranged in antagonistic pairs |
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| anticholinergic, adminstered to suppress smooth muscle contractions of the stomach, intestine, or bladder |
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| sheet-like fibrous connective tissue which resembles a flattened tendon that serves as a fascia to bind muscles together or as a means of connecting muscle to bone (plural aponeuroses) |
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| attaches the gastrocnemius muscle to the heel bone |
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| lack of muscle coordination during voluntary movement |
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| lacking normal muscle tone or strength |
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| weakness or wearing away of body tissues and structures |
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| antispasmodic that can be adminstered preoperatively to relax smooth muscles during surgery |
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| imaginary line that runs lengthwise through the center of the body and rotation turns a bone on its own axis. |
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| becker muscular dystrophy |
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| very similar to, but less sever than, duchenne muscular dystrophy |
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| biceps,formed from two divisions |
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| exreme slowness in movement |
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| when the tendons that pass through the carpal tunnel are chronically overused and become inflamed and swollen. |
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| paralysis of the heart muscle |
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| surgical enlargment of carpal tunnel or cuttin go fthe carpal ligament to relieve pressure on tendons and nerves |
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| disorder of unknown cause that affects many body systems |
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| circular movement at the far end of a limb |
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| involves the comrepssion of nerves and blood vessels due to swelling within the enclsoed space created by the fascia that separates groups of muscles |
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| there is complete loss of sensation and muscle control below the level of the injury |
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| condyle, round prominence at the end of a bone |
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| tightening of the muscle, muscle contracts and becomes shorter and thicker, causing the belly (center) of the muscle to enlarge |
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| permanent tightening of fascia, muscles, tendons, ligaments or skin that occurs when normally eleastic connective tissues are replaced with nonelastic fibrous tissues. |
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| painful localized muscle spasm oftennamed for its cause (menstrual, writers) |
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| condition causing weakness |
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| involuntary response to a stimulus |
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| forms muscular cap of the shoulder |
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| located on the shoulder, shaped like an inverted triangle, which is the greek letter delta |
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| act of lowering a body part |
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| muscle that lowers a body part |
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| movement that bends the foot upward at the ankle |
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| duchenne muscular dystrophy |
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| most common form of muscular dystrophy in children. primarily boys with onset between ages of 3 to 5 years. |
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| bad, difficult or painful |
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| distortion or impairment of voluntry movement, such as a tic or spasm |
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| condition of abnormal muscle tone that causes the impairment of voluntary muscle movement |
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| diagnostic test that measures the electrical activity within muscle fibers in response to nerve stimulation |
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| act of raising or lifting a body part |
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| inflammation of the tissues surrounding the elbow |
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| study of human factors that affect the design and operations of tools and work environment |
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| specialist who works under the supervision of a physician to develop, implement and coordinate exercise programs and administer medical tests to promote physical fitness |
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| increasing the angle between two bones or the straightening out of a limb |
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| muscle that straightens a limb at a joint |
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| found in the abdomen, flex and rotate the vertebral column, also flex the torso and compress the abdomen |
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| band of connective tissue that envelops, separates or binds together muscles or groups of muscles, plural-fasciae or fascias |
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| fascitis, inflammation of a fascia |
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| surgical repair of a fascia |
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| surgical incidision through the fascia to relieve tension or pressure |
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| debilitating chronic condition characterized by fatigue, diffuse or specific muscle, joint or bone pain |
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| decreasing the angle between two bones by bending a limb at ajoint |
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| muscle that bends a limb at a joint |
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| occipitofrontalis,muscle in the forehead, raises and lowers eyebrows |
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| harmelss fluid filled swelling that occurs most commonly on the outer surface of the wrist |
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| calf muscle that flexesthe knee and bends the foot downard |
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| largest muscle of the buttock |
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back of upper leg, consists of three separate muscles:
biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus |
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| involved in knee flexion and hip extension |
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| strain or tear on any of the three hamstring muscles that straighten the hip and bend the knee |
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| calcium deposit in the plantar fascia near its attachment to the calcaneus |
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| slight paralysis or weakness affecting one side of the body |
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| toatal paralysis affecting one side of the body |
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| protrustion of a part of a structure through the tissues normally containing it |
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| the extreme or overextension of a limb or body part beyond its normal limit |
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| hyperactivity, abnormally increased muscle funciton or activity |
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| condition in which there is dimished tone of the skeeltal muscles |
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| overuse injury on the iliotibial band that runs from the hip bone, diagonally across the leg to the tibia. |
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| occurs when inflamed and swollen tendons are caught in the narrow space between the bones within the shoulder |
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| that the person has some funciton below the level of the injury, even though that function isn't normal |
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| where the muscleends by attaching to a bone or tendon |
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| intermittent claudication |
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| pain in the leg muscles that occurs during exercise and is relieved by rest |
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| found in the abdomen, flex the spine, support the abdominal contents, help breath, and rotate the spine |
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| tennis elbow, characterized by pain on the outer side of the forearm |
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| muscle that raises a body part |
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| bands of fibrous tissue that forms joints by connecting one bone to another bone |
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| one of the strongest in the body, moves the lower jaw up to close the mouth when chewing |
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| inserts at one point of insertion into the mastoid process |
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| golfer's elbow, characterized by pain on the palm-side of the forearm |
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| removal of a plug of tissue for examination |
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| long, slender cells that mak up muscles |
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| stimulation of muscle by an impulse transmitted by a motor nerve. |
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| state of balanced muscle tension that makes normal posture, coordination and movement possible |
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| frontalis, temporalis, masseter |
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| rectus femoris, quadriceps femoris, hamstring group, gastrocnemius |
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| muscles of the shoulders and arms |
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| deltoid, trapezious, biceps brachii, triceps brachii |
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| pectoralis major, external oblique, internal oblique, rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis |
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| group of more than 30 genetic diseases that are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles that control movement, without affecting the nervous system |
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| tenderness or pain in the muscles |
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| chronic autoimmune disease that affect the neuromuscular junction and produces serious weakness of involuntary muscles |
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myocardium,
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form the muscular walls of the heart. Like striated skeletal muscle in appearance, but similar to smooth muscle in that it's action is involuntary. |
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| herniation (protrustion) of a muscle substance through a tear in the fascia surrounding it |
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| sudden, involuntary jerking of a muscle or group of muscles |
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| chronic pain disorder that affects muscles and fascia throughout the body |
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| specialized soft tissue minipulation technique used to ease the pain of conditions such as fibromyalgia syndrome |
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| degeneration of muscle tissue |
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| weakess or slight muscular paralysis |
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| surgical suturing of a muscle |
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| rupture or tearing of a muscle |
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| surgical incision into a muscle |
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| physican who specializes in treating the causes of paralysis and similar muscular disorders in which there is a loss of function |
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| pertaining to therelationship between a nerve and a muscle |
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| neuromuscular blocking agent, drug that causes temporary paralysis by blocking the transmission of nerve stimuli to the muscles. |
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| jerking of the limbs that can occur normally as a person is falling asleep |
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| activities to promote recovery and rehabilitation to assist patients in performing the activities of daily living |
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| where the muscle begins, located nearest the midline of the body or on a less movable part of the skeleton. |
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| minor tissue injuries that have not beengiven time to heal |
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| overuse tendinosis, inflammation of tendons caused by excessive or unusual use of a joint |
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| loss of sensation and voluntary muscle movements in a muscle through disease or injury to its nerve supply |
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| paralysis of both legs and the lower part of th ebody |
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| attaches muscles to the bottom of the patella |
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| thick, fan-shaped muscle situation on the anterior chest wall |
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| physician who specializes in physica medicine and rehabilitation with the focus on restoring function |
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| treatment to prevent disability or restore function through the use of exercise, heat, massage or other techniques |
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| pertaining to the sole of the foot |
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| inflammation of the plantar fascia on the sole of the foot |
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| movement that bends the foot downward at the ankle |
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| muscle disease characterized by the simultaneous inflammation and weakening of voluntary muscles in many parts of the body |
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| act of rotating the arm or leg so that thepalm of the hand or the sole of the foot is turned downward or backward |
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| four muscles,vastus lateralis, vastus mediais, |
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| paralysis of all four extremities |
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| diagnostic procedure to evalute joint mobility and muscle strength |
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| straight alignment with the vertical axis of the body |
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| helps flex the trunk, assists in breathing and supports the spine |
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| extends the leg at the knee |
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| pain that originates in one area of the body, but is felt in another |
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| restoration, following disease,illness or injury of the ability to functionin a normal or near-normal manner |
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| muscle returns ot its original form, muscle relaxes and becomes longer and thinner, and belly is no longer enlarged |
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| repetitive stress disorders |
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| variety of muscular conditions that result from repeated motions performed in the course of normal work, daily activities or recreation such as sports. |
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| circular movement around an axissuch as a shoulder joint |
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| group of muscles and their tendons that hold the head of the humerus securely in place as it rotates within the shoulder joint |
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| inflammation ofthe tendons of the rotator cuff, tennis shoulder, pitcher's shoulder |
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| turns a body part on its axis |
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| when rotator cuff tendinitis is left untreated or if the overuse continues |
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| loss of muscle mass, strength, and function that come with aging |
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| painful condition caused by the tibialis anterior muscle tearing away from the tibia. Develop in the anterolateral or in the posteromedial. Caused by repeated stress. |
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| hiccups, myoclonus of the diaphragm that causes the characteristic hiccup sound with each spasm |
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| administered to relax certain muscles and to relieve stiffness, pain and discomfort caused by strains, sprains or other muscle injuries |
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voluntary muscles,
striated muscles,
attached to the bones of the skeleton and make body motions possible |
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involuntary muscles,
unstriated muscles,
visceral muscles,
located in the walls of internal organs such as the digestive tract, blood vessels and ducts leading from glands. Function is to move and control the flow offluids through these structures |
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| sudden involuntary contraction of one or more muscles, also known as charley horse |
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| wryneck, stiff neck due to spasmodic contraction of the neck muscles that pull the head toward the affected side |
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| ring-like muscle that tightly constricts the opening of a passageway |
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| type of paralysis determined by the level of the vertebra closest to the injury |
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| sports medicine physician |
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| specializes in treating sports-related injuries of the bones, joints and muscles |
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| injury to a joint, such as an ankle, knee or wrist, which usually occurs when a ligament is wrenched or torn |
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| sternocleidomastoid musclej |
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| helps bend the neck and rotate the head |
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| injury to the body of the muscle or to the attachment of a tendon. Usually associated with overuse. |
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| overuse injuries fracturing a bone |
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| act of ratating the arm or leg so that the palm of the hand or sole of the foot is turned forward or upward. |
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| moves lower jaw up and back to close the mouth |
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| tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
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| tendonitis,inflammation of the tendons caused by excessive or unusual useof the joint |
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| narrow band of nonelastic, dense, fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone |
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| surgical suturing of the end of a tendon to a bone |
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tendolysis,
release of a tendon from adhesions |
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| surgical suturing together of the divided ends of a tendon |
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| inflammation of the sheath surrounding a tendon |
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| uses high frequency sound waves to treat muscle injuries by generating heatdeep within muscle tissue |
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| tone, stretching, tension |
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| contraction, shortening of the muscles of the neck |
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| transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulations |
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| device that delivers electrical impulses through the skin, which caues changes in muscles. |
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| side of abdomen,core muscle is engaged when a person laughs or coughs |
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| muscles moves the head and shoulder blade |
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| triceps, formed form three divisions |
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| render areas that most commonly develop where the fascia comes into contact with a muscle |
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| muscle toward the outer side of th eleg |
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| muscle toward the midline of the leg |
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