Muscle Terminology Quiz

Muscular disorders are described as a ____________.

Techniques for diagnosing muscle disorders include electromyography (EMG) and serum assay of enzymes like ____________ released from damaged muscles.

Muscular dystrophy involves progressive, noninflammatory muscular ____________.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease found most frequently in ____________ children.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy results from a defect in a protein called ____________.

Muscular dystrophy leads to the replacement of muscle tissue with ____________ tissue.

Incision into a muscle _________________

Inflammation of a muscle with its tendon _________________

Study of movement _________________

Excision of fascia _________________

Pain in a tendon _________________

Myoglobin (mi-o-GLO-bin) is a type of protein (globin) found in _________________

ACh interacts with the muscle cell mem­ brane to prompt cellular ______

Two special protein filaments in muscle cells, actin and ______, interact to produce the contraction

ATP (the cell’s energy compound) and ______ are needed for this response

Smooth (visceral) muscle makes up the walls of the hollow organs, such as the stomach, intestines, and uterus, and the walls of ducts, such as the blood ves­ sels and ______

Cardiac muscle makes up the ______ of the heart wall

Skeletal muscle is attached to ______ and is responsible for voluntary movement

Thomas underwent a bilateral sural (calf ) nerve graft. The sural nerve is an easily harvested nerve graft that allows the surgeon to implant healthy nerves to replace the damaged nerves in the ____________.

Following the four-hour procedure, Thomas was admitted to the pediatric ____________.

After 6 days, he was discharged home with his right arm in a shoulder ____________.

The incisions from the nerve graft donor sites on his right and left calf were healing ____________.

The exploratory surgery confirmed the ____________ injury with a gap between several torn nerve ends where it was not possible to have a tension-free repair and nerve grafting was required.

The sural nerve is an easily harvested nerve graft that allows the surgeon to implant healthy nerves to replace the damaged nerves in the ____________.

Inflammation or tearing of the RTC can occur in people who repeatedly perform overhead activities, such as swimming, painting, or pitching. Epicondylitis—The medial and lateral epicondyles (pro­ jections) of the distal humerus are attachment points for muscles that flex and extend the wrist and fingers. Inflammation of these tendons of origin causes pain at __________.

Some colorful musculoskeletal terms have interesting origins. A charley horse describes muscular strain and soreness, especially in the legs. The term comes from common use of the name Charley for old lame horses that were kept around for family use when they could no longer be used for hard work. Wryneck, technically torticollis, uses the word wry, meaning twisted or turned, as in the word awry, meaning amiss or out of position. A bunion, technically called hallux valgus, is an enlargement of the first joint of the great toe with bursitis at the joint. It probably comes from the word bony, changed to bunny, and used to mean a bump on the head and then a swelling on a joint.

Inflammation or tearing of the RTC can occur in people who repeatedly perform overhead activities, such as swimming, painting, or pitching. Epicondylitis—The medial and lateral epicondyles (pro­ jections) of the distal humerus are attachment points for muscles that flex and extend the wrist and fingers. Inflammation of these tendons of origin causes pain at FOCUS ON W _________ BOX 64.

Some colorful musculoskeletal terms have interesting origins. A charley horse describes muscular strain and soreness, especially in the legs. The term comes from common use of the name Charley for old lame horses that were kept around for family use when they could no longer be used for hard work. Wryneck, technically torticollis, uses the word wry, meaning twisted or turned, as in the word awry, meaning amiss or out of position. A bunion, technically called hallux valgus, is an enlargement of the first joint of the great toe with bursitis at the joint. It probably comes from the word bony, changed to bunny, and used to mean a bump on the head and then a swelling on a __________.

Inflammation or tearing of the RTC can occur in people who repeatedly perform overhead activities, such as swimming, painting, or pitching. Epicondylitis—The medial and lateral epicondyles (pro­ jections) of the distal humerus are attachment points for muscles that flex and extend the wrist and fingers. Inflammation of these tendons of origin causes pain at FOCUS ON W WORDS ________ 64 Some Colorful Musculoskeletal Terms.

Some colorful musculoskeletal terms have interesting origins. A charley horse describes muscular strain and soreness, especially in the legs. The term comes from common use of the name Charley for old lame horses that were kept around for family use when they could no longer be used for hard work. Wryneck, technically torticollis, uses the word wry, meaning twisted or turned, as in the word awry, meaning amiss or out of position. A bunion, technically called hallux valgus, is an enlargement of the first joint of the great toe with bursitis at the joint. It probably comes from the word bony, changed to bunny, and used to mean a bump on the __________.