Muscular Pathology and Procedure Terms

Question 1

fasciitis

Answer 1

inflammation of the fascia

Question 2

tendinitis

Answer 2

inflammation of a tendon

Question 3

atrophy

Answer 3

“without nourishment”; weakness or wearing away of body tissues or structures; muscle atrophy caused by pathology or diffuses of muscle over a long period of time

Question 4

myalgia

Answer 4

tenderness or pain in the muscles

Question 5

myorrhexis

Answer 5

rupture or tearing of a muscle

Question 6

atonic

Answer 6

without normal muscle tone or strength

Question 7

hypotonic

Answer 7

diminished tone of skeletal muscles

Question 8

ataxia

Answer 8

without muscle coordination during voluntary movement; usually secondary to problems in cerebellum

Question 9

hyperkinesia

Answer 9

abnormally increase muscle function or activity

Question 10

paralysis

Answer 10

loss of sensation and voluntary muscle movements in a muscle through disease or injury to its nerve supply

Question 11

hemiplegia

Answer 11

total paralysis affecting only one side of the body; usually secondary to a stroke

Question 12

paraplegia

Answer 12

paralysis of both legs and the lower part of the body

Question 13

quadriplegia

Answer 13

paralysis of all four extremities

Question 14

electromyography

Answer 14

diagnostic test that measure the electrical activity withing muscle fibers in response to nerve stimulation

Question 15

fasciotomy

Answer 15

surgical incision through the fascia

Question 16

myorrhaphy

Answer 16

surgical suturing of a muscle

Question 17

myotomy

Answer 17

surgical incision into a muscle