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Muscle
Vocab
Health Occ
Dystrophy
•Muscle disorder
resulting from defective
or faulty nutrition,
abnormal development,
infection.
Myalgia
•Muscle pain.
Range of motion
• Active or passive
movements of muscle
groups to the full extent
possible.
Tonus
• Slight, continuous
contraction of muscle.
Contraction
• Shortening of muscle
tissue.
Paralysis
• Loss or impairment of
motor function.
Skeletal
• Pertaining to the
framework of the body.
Atrophy
• Wasting away; decreasing
in size.
Posture
• Attitude or position of the
body.
Visceral
• Pertaining to any large
interior organ in any one of
the cavities of the body.
Flexion
• Decreasing angle at a joint.
Antagonist
• Muscle that acts in
opposition to the action of
another muscle, its agonist.
Sarcomere
• Repeating units of muscle
fibers with the ability to
contract.
Prime mover
• Muscle that acts directly to
bring about a desired
movement; agonist.
Stimulus
• Any agent, act or influence
that produces a change in
the development or
function of tissues.
Flaccid
• Soft
Extension
• increasing angle at a joint.
Vocabulary
(underlined=not in book, *=App. A)
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Antagonist
Atrophy
Contraction
Dystrophy*
Extension
Flaccid
Flexion
Myalgia*
Paralysis
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Posture
Prime Mover
Range of Motion
Sarcomere
Skeletal
Stimulus
Tonus
Visceral
Word Breakdown
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Ab-itis
Dist/o
-algia
HemiMy/o
• Poster/o
• -lysis
• Myositis
• Dys• Chondroplasty
• -trophy
Abbreviations
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ACSM
ATP
CPK
EMG
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LDH
MI
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OT
Vocab. KEY
• Antagonist - Muscle that acts in
opposition to the action of another
muscle, its agonist.
• Atrophy - Wasting away; decreasing in
size.
• Contraction - Shortening of muscle
tissue.
• Dystrophy - Muscle disorder resulting
from defective or faulty nutrition,
abnormal development, infection.
• Extension - Increasing angle at a joint.
• Flaccid – Soft.
• Flexion - Decreasing angle at a joint.
• Myalgia - Muscle pain.
• Paralysis - Loss or impairment of
motor function.
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Posture - Attitude or position of the body.
Prime Mover - Muscle that acts directly to
bring about a desired movement; agonist.
Range of Motion - Active or passive
movements of muscle groups to the full
extent possible.
Sarcomere - Repeating units of muscle
fibers with the ability to contract.
Skeletal - Pertaining to the framework of
the body.
Stimulus - Any agent, act or influence that
produces a change in the development or
function of tissues.
Tonus - Slight, continuous contraction of
muscle.
Visceral - Pertaining to any large interior
organ in any one of the cavities of the
body.
Word Breakdown KEY
• Ab – away from, •
negative absent;
abduction
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• -itis - inflammation
• Dist/0 –far; distal •
• algia - pain
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• Hemi- - half
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• My/o - muscle
• Poster/o – behind,
toward the back;
posterior
-lysis – breakdown,
separation, setting free,
destruction, loosening
Myositis – muscle
inflammation
Dys – bad, difficult, painful
Chondroplasty – repair of
cartilage
-trophy – development,
nourishment
Abbreviations KEY
• ACSM – American
College of Sports
Medicine.
• ATP – Adenosine
Triphosphate.
• CPK – Creatine
Phosphokinase.
• EMG –
Electromyogram/graphy
• ing - Inguinal
• LDH – Lactic
Dehydrogenase.
• MI – Myocardial
Infarction.
• noc – Night.
• post – Posterior.
• OT – Occupational
Therapy.