Medical Terminology Muscular System
Across
- 3. inflammation of many muscles
- 5. involuntary muscle that makes up heart wall
- 7. where you find the brachialis muscle
- 8. circular motion of a joint
- 9. lack of muscle tone
- 10. another name for smooth muscle
- 13. enzyme found in muscle tissue
- 16. rotator cuff muscles are located in this area
- 19. muscle that assists a prime mover
- 20. muscle wasting disease that is often hereditary
- 21. triangular muscle over the shoulder
- 22. inflammation of muscle
- 23. muscle that moves toward midline
- 26. root meaning muscle
- 27. connective tissue that connects muscle to bone
- 28. muscle that narrows the angle at a joint
- 30. PT
- 32. muscle group located on posterior thigh
- 33. tendon that attaches calf muscle to heel
- 36. muscle that opposes an agonist
- 40. movement away from midline
- 41. latissimus durise is located here
Down
- 1. spasm of neck muscles
- 2. disease involving muscles and skin
- 4. OT
- 6. muscle group in the thigh that has four components
- 11. type of junction where nerve meets a muscle cell
- 12. where you find the gastrocnemius
- 14. lack of muscle coordination
- 15. means movement
- 17. asthenia is .....
- 18. eversion, inversion and plantar flexion refer to movement of this body part
- 21. abnormality of movement
- 24. state of steady partial contraction
- 25. muscle type that is voluntary
- 26. disorder of muscles
- 29. also known as Lou Gehrigs Disease due to degeneration of motor neurons
- 31. sheath that covers a muscle
- 33. means tearing away
- 34. opposite of the origin of a muscle
- 35. turning downward
- 37. adjective for tendon
- 38. syndrome that is assoicated with fatigue, widespread pain, stiffness, and sleep disorders
- 39. abbreviation for the muscule neurotransmitter