Anatomy 4
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- sarcomere
- the basic contractile unit of striated muscle
- puri
- pus
- blepharoclonus
- alternate contraction and relaxation of the muscles of the eyelids
- septal
- relating to a septum
- pyrosis
- heartburn; substernal pain or burning sensation
- sarcolemma
- the plasma membrane sheath enveloping a muscle fiber
- pyro
- heat, fire
- ossiferous
- containing or producing bone
- neurospasm
- muscular spasm or twitching caused by a disordered nerve supply
- pyreto
- fever
- spasmolytic
- an agent that relieves smooth muscle spasms
- electrocardiography
- the process of recording electrical currents from the heart
- pyogenesis
- producing pus
- py
- pus
- adduct
- to move a limb or any other part toward the midline of the body
- enterotomy
- incision into the intestine
- tetan
- convulsive tension
- prophylaxis
- the prevention of disease
- phylaxis
- protection against infection
- neurolemma
- the sheath encasing the axon of a nerve fiber
- puriform
- resembling pus
- electrocardiograph
- instrument used for recording the potential of the electrical currents that traverse the heart and initiate its contraction
- electromyogram
- a graphical representation of the electrical currents associated with muscular contractions
- derma
- skin
- asthenia
- weakness
- otomy
- an incision or cutting into
- graph
- an instrument that records
- purulent
- containing or consisting pus
- myositis
- inflammation of muscle tissue
- spasm
- a sudden involuntary muscular contraction
- myo
- muscle
- clonus
- rapid alteration between contraction and relaxation of muscle
- ectopic
- out of place
- tetanus
- acute infectious disease marked by tonic spasms
- electrocardiogram
- the graphic representation of the heart's electrical activity
- antiseptic
- substance/agent capable of preventing infection by inhibiting growth of infectious agents
- ad
- to, toward
- neuro
- nervous tissue
- ferent
- to convey, produce
- ec
- out of, away from
- exocrine
- denoting a gland that secretes outwardly through ducts
- afferent
- brining toward or into
- sarco
- denotes a muscular substance or a resemblance to flesh
- myasthenia
- muscular weakness
- sympathomimetic
- denotes mimicking of the actions of the sympathetic nervous system
- syn
- with, together
- aseptic
- condition in which living pathogens are absent
- septo
- septum (dividing wall)
- efferent
- conducting outward
- neurology
- the branch of medical science concerned with the nervous system and its disorders
- electro
- electricity
- syndrome
- the aggregate of signs and symptoms associated with any disease
- dermatology
- the medical specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders
- febrile
- denoting or relating to a fever
- sepsis
- the presence of various pus-forming and other pathogenic organisms
- antipyretic
- relieving or reducing fever, or a substance
- pyodermatitis
- this is a pus-producing inflammation of the skin
- lemma
- sheath or envelope
- myalgia
- pain in the muscles
- laparotomy
- a transabdominal incision into the peritoneal cavity
- pyogen
- an agent that causes the formation of pus
- pyrogen
- a fever-producing substance
- gram
- a recording
- graphy
- process of recording