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| Macerated skin Macrotrauma Magnus effect Malaise Malingering Malocclusion Marfan syndrome Margination Mass Mast cells Mastication McKenzie exercises MCP Mechanical failure Mechanics Medial Median Melanin Menarche Meniscus Menstruation (menstruating) Metabolic acidosis Metabolism Metacarpal Metatarsal Metastasize (mestastasis) Metatarsalgia Microtrauma Modulus of elasticity Moment arm Moment of force Moment of inertia Mononucleosis Morphologic Motor neurons Motor unit Muscle contracture Muscle endurance Muscle fiber Muscle guarding Muscle spindle Muscular strength Musculotendinous unit Myalgia Myelin sheath Myocarditis Myoscial tissues Myoglobin Myosin Myositis Myositis Ossificans |
| Skin that has been softened through wetting A single force resulting in trauma to the body’s tissues An object’s deviation from its normal flight path due to the effect of air resistance and the spin of the object Discomfort and uneasiness caused by an illness Faking or exaggerating the symptoms of aninjury or illness A deviation in the normal alignment of two opposable tissues (e.g., the mandible and maxilla) A hereditary condition of the connective tissue, bones, muscles, and ligaments. Over time, this condition results in degeneration of brain function, cardiac failure, and other visceral problems Accumulation of leukocytes on blood vessel walls at the site of injury during early stages of inflammation Measure of inertia; the quantity of matter in an object Connective tissue cells that contain heparin and histamine The chewing of food A protocol of exercises involving spinal flexion and extension that is used during the treatment and rehabilitation of patients with back injuries; these are used to improve range of motion and strengthening the spine Metacarpophlangeal joint Elastic limits of tissue area exceeded, causing tissue to break The study of forces and their effects on objects Toward or closer to the midline of the body Along the body’s midline The pigment produced by melanocytes that gives color to skin, hair, and eyes Onset of menstrual function One of two half-moon-shaped cartilaginous disks foun within the knee joint The period of bleeding during the menstrual cycle Decreased blood pH caused by an increase in blood acids or a decrease in blood bases Changing a drug into a water-soluble compound that can be excreted One of the five long bones of the hand One of the five long bones of the foot Movement of cells, including cancer cells and bacteria, from one area of the body to another, thus spreading the disease A general term to describe pain in the ball of the foot Microscopic lesion or injuryAccumulation of subtraumatic forces at the cellular level that eventually causes injury to the tissue See elastic modulus Perpendicular distance between the line of action of a force and the axis about which a moment of force or torque is being measured; determined by measuring the shortest distance between a line drawn along the line of action of the force and another line drawn parallel to this line but through the axis about which the torque is being measured Torque created by a force about an axis; force times moment arm; expressed as units of force times units of length or as Newton-meters in SI; vector quantity The amount of force needed to overcome a body’s or body part’s present state of rotatory motion A disease state caused by an abnormally high number of mononuclear leukocytes in the blood stream Changes in form and structure with regard to function Neurons that send signals from the central nervous system to the muscular system A single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers with which it synapses; the fundamental unit of the neuromuscular system Permanent contraction of a muscle as a result of spasm or paralysis The ability to perform repetitive muscular contractions against some resistance A single muscle cell Voluntarily or involuntarily assuming a posture to protect an injured body area, often through muscular spasm Proprioceptor that responds to increases in muscle length The maximal force that can be applied by a muscle during a single maximal contraction The group formed by a muscle and its tendons Muscle pain or tenderness A fatty-based lining of the axon myelinated nerve fibers Inflammation of the heart muscle A muscle and its associated fascia Reparatory protein in muscle tissue that is an oxygen carrier A contractile muscle protein Inflammation of muscle Myositis marked by ossification of muscles |