| contracture | Condition in which there
is great resistance to the stretching of a muscle.
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| convulsion | Series of involuntary
contractions of various voluntary muscles.
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| electromyography | Technique for recording the electrical changes that
occur in muscle tissues.
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| fibrillation | Spontaneous
contractions of individual muscle fibers, producing
rapid and uncoordinated activity within a muscle.
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| fibrosis | Degenerative disease in which
connective tissue with many fibers replaces skeletal
muscle tissue.
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| fibrositis | Inflammation of connective
tissues with many fibers, especially in the muscle
fascia. This disease is also called muscular
rheumatism.
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| muscular dystrophy | Progressive muscle weakness and atrophy caused
by deficient dystrophin protein.
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| myalgia | Pain resulting from any
muscular disease or disorder.
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| myasthenia gravis | Chronic
disease characterized by muscles that are weak and
easily fatigued. It results from the immune system’s
attack on neuromuscular junctions so that stimuli are
not transmitted from motor neurons to muscle fibers.
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| myokymia | Persistent quivering
of a muscle.
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| myology | Study of muscles.
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| myoma | Tumor composed of muscle
tissue.
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| myopathy | Any muscular disease.
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| myositis | Inflammation of skeletal
muscle tissue.
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| myotomy | Cutting of muscle tissue.
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| myotonia | Prolonged muscular
spasm.
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| paralysis | Loss of ability to move a
body part.
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| paresis | Partial or slight paralysis of the
muscles.
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| shin splints | Soreness on the front of
the leg due to straining the anterior leg muscles,
often as a result of walking up and down hills.
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| torticollis | Condition in which the neck
muscles, such as the sternocleidomastoids, contract
involuntarily. It is more commonly called wryneck.
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