Muscular System 41-73

The herniation or protrusion of a muscle substance through a tear in the fascia surrounding it

• myoclonus
• myocele
• myolysis
• myoparesis

ring-like muscle that tightly constricts the opening of a passageway

• sprain
• strain
• sphincter
• singultus

coordination

• tax(o)
• ten(o)
• tend(o)
• tendin(o)

paralysis of all 4 extremities

• hemiplegia
• paraplegia
• myoclonus
• quadriplegia

group of over 30 genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness of skeletal muscle that does not affect the nervous system

• muscular dystrophy
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• spasmodic torticolis
• polymyositis

surgical suturing of the divided ends of a tendon

• tenorraphy
• tenolysis
• tenodesis
• tenosynovitis

degeneration of muscle tissue

• myolysis
• myoclonus
• myofascial release
• myasthenia gravis

slanted, at an angle, slanted alignment

• transverse
• pronation
• supination
• oblique

sudden involuntary jerking of a muscle or group of muscles

• myoclonus
• myolysis
• myoparesis
• myocele

pertaining to the relationship between nerve and muscle

• paralysis
• paraplegia
• neuromuscular
• singultus