Exam 9: Orthopedics-Muscular System

The abbreviation ROM stands for range of ________.

Which combining form means "triangle"?

A muscle ________ (which is actually one long muscle cell)has hundreds of nuclei along its length to speed up the chemical processes that occur as it contracts.

The combining form tax/o- means ________.

The combining form muscul/o- means ________.

The intercostal muscles assist with what activity?

The neurotransmitter that initiates muscle contraction is ________.

Which is an uncomfortable twitching of the muscles of the legs,particularly the calf muscles,along with an indescribable tingling,aching,or crawling-insect sensation?

An athletic injury that had pain and inflammation in the flexor muscles over the anterior tibia (shin splints)would be located in the ________.

The combining form chir/o- means "________."

Which type of muscle is voluntary and striated?

Inflammation of a cordlike band of connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone is known as ________.

Inflammation with tenderness and swelling of a skeletal muscle is known as ________.

During a car accident when a person's head snaps backward and forward,causing damage to the structures in the neck,the result is known as hyperextension-hyperflexion.The common term for this condition is ________.

The muscle in the lateral shoulder,which is shaped like a triangle and raises and lowers the arm,is called the ________ muscle.

The abbreviation EMG stands for ________.

The loss of muscle bulk in one or more muscles is known as ________.

The combining form muscul/o- has the same meaning as which combining form?

The combining form ________ means "clavicle;collar bone."

Which is the short muscle that flexes the big toe?