Exam 9: Orthopedics-Muscular System

Describe how a contraction differs from a contracture.

Which of the following is an example of an adaptive device?

Patients with Parkinson's disease who move with slow,shuffling movements have the muscle condition known as ________.

Inflammation and pain of the flexor and pronator muscles of the forearm where their tendons originate on the medial epicondyle of the humerus by the elbow joint is known as ________.

Which is an incision into the thin connective tissue sheet that wraps around each individual muscle or a group of muscles?

Hamstrings is a collective name for the four muscles on the anterior and lateral aspects of the upper leg.

________ muscles are involuntary,nonstriated muscles.They form a continuous,thin layer around many organs and structures.

The medical language definition of the medical word fasciotomy is the "process of cutting (the)________."

Which muscle bends the lower arm toward the upper arm?

Abnormally slow muscle movements or a decrease in the number of spontaneous muscle movements is called ________.

The word rectus in the muscle name rectus abdominis means "slanted."

Moving a body part away from the midline is known as ________.

What type of drug is used to relieve muscle spasm and stiffness?

The abbreviation ROM means ________.

The medical language definition of the medical word analgesic is "pertaining to without (the)sensation of ________."