Exam 28: Muscle and Movement: A Comprehensive Guide to Anatomy and Conditions

The medical language definition of the medical word ____________ is the action of again and again giving ability.

The abbreviation EMG stands for ____________.

The category of muscle ____________ drugs is used to relieve muscle spasms and stiffness.

A muscle strain is also known as a _________ muscle.

The word used to describe the technique for injecting a drug into a muscle is intermuscular.

The orbicularis oculi muscle is a muscle of the head and neck that closes the eyelids.

A muscle is attached to a bone at its origin or at its insertion by a ____________.

Select the misspelled word.

Pronation means to turn the palm of the hand upward; supination means to turn the palm of the hand down.

A small,involuntary,sometimes jerky back-and-forth movement of the hands,neck,jaw,or extremities is known as:

Beta-blocker drugs are used to treat:

The combining form contract/o- means :

____________ is inflammation of a tendon from injury or overuse.

Which of the following are not opposites?

The prefix ab- means :

The combining form mot/o- means ____________.

The size and strength of muscles decrease in older patients.

All of the following could be associated with a patient's rehabilitation,except:

Which word means pertaining to the front part?

A muscle is attached to a bone by a ____________,a cordlike,nonelastic,white fibrous band of connective tissue.