Muscle terms
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- sarcoplasm
- cytoplasm in muscle
- myofibrils
- contractile fibers, actin & myosin
- origin
- fixed in contraction
- insertion
- moves in contraction
- atrophy
- reduction in muscle fibers
- hypertrophy
- increase in size
- myalgia
- muscle pain
- sprain
- near joint, involves ligament/tendon
- strain
- from overextension, stretches/tears muscle
- brachi/o
- arm (brachiocephalic)
- brachy
- short
- bucco
- mouth/cheek
- rhabd/o
- striated, rhabdomyolysis
- pterygo
- wing-shaped
- -lemma
- sheath, envelope, sarcolemma
- brevis
- short
- gloutous
- buttock
- teres
- round, smoothe
- vastus
- great
- skeletal muscle
- attaches to bone by tendon, striated, voluntary control
- smooth muscle
- non-striated, in viscera, involuntary, slow contraction
- cardiac muscle
- striated, involuntary, self-stimulated, self-contracting unit
- bradycardia
- slow heartrate
- trachycardia
- fast heartrate
- peristalsis
- rhythmic waves of muscle contraction in walls of tubular organs (GI), if diminished:gastroparesis, early satiety
- ACL
- anterior cruciate ligament
- EMG
- electromyogram
- CPK
- creatine phosphokinase, high in MI
- CK
- creatine kinase
- MCL
- med collateral ligament
- OT
- occptl therapy
- PT
- physical therapy
- ROM
- range of motion, active or passive
- SITS
- supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis = rotator cuff muscles
- WNL
- within normal limits
- active ROM
- pt is active, no help
- passive ROM
- pt is passive, helped