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general function of muscles
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movement, hold body erect, generate heat
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skeletal muscle
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voluntary, move bones directly or indirectly, striated muscle
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smooth muscle
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involuntary, visceral muscle, found in the walls of hollow organs
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cardiac muscle
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involuntary, myocardium, makes up walls of heart
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involuntary muscles
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under control of subconscious regions of brain
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voluntary muscles
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person consciously chooses which muscle to contract
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fascia
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layers of fibrous connective tissue
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motor neurons
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stimulate skeletal muscles
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myoneural junction
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point at which the motor nerve contacts a muscle fiber
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striated muscle
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striped appearance seen under a microscope
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tendon
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attaches muscle to bone, inserts into periosteum
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eversion
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turning outward
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inversion
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turning inward
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elevation
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raise a body part, shrugging shoulders
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depression
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downward movement as in drooping shoulders
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circumduction
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movement in central direction from central point, drawing a large circle in the air
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opposition
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moving thumb away from palm, move thumb into contact with other fingers
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rotation
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moving around a central axis
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adhesion
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scar tissue forming in fascia surrounding a muscle, making it difficult to stretch the muscle
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atrophy
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poor muscle development, result of disease, nervous system disease, or lack of use, muscle...
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contracture
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abnormal shortening of muscle fibers, tendons, or fascia, making it difficult to stretch muscle
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hypertrophy
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increase in muscle bulk due to weight lifting
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intermittent claudication
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attack of severe pain and lameness caused by ischemia of the muscles, typically calf muscles,...
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spasm
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sudden involuntary strong muscle contraction
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torticollis
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severe neck spasm pulling head to one side commonly called wryneck or a crick in the neck
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fibromyalgia
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condition with widespread aching and pain in muscles and soft tissue
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lateral epicondylitis
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tennis elbow
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muscular dystrophy
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inherited disease causing progressive muscle degeneration, weakness and atrophy
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pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy
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type of inherited muscular dystrophy in which muscle tissue is gradually replaced by fatty...
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rotator cuff injury
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joint capsule of shoulder joint injury
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fasci / o
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fibrous band
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fibr / o
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fibers
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kinesi / o
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movement
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muscul / o
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muscle
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my / o
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muscle
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myocardi / o
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heart muscle
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myos / o
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muscle
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plant / o
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sole of foot
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ten / o
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tendon
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tend / o
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tendon
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tendin / o
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tendon
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-kinesia
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movement
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-tonia
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tone
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward
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circum-
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around
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