| A | B |
|---|
| contracture | Condition of great resistance to the stretch of a muscle. |
| convulsion | Series of involuntary contractions of various voluntary muscles |
| electromyography | Technique for recording electrical changes in muscle tissue. |
| fibrillation | Spontaneous contractions of individual muscle fibers, producing rapid and uncoordinated activity within a muscle. |
| fibrosis | Degenerative disease in which fibrous connective tissue replaces skeletal muscle tissue. |
| fibrositis | Inflammation of fibrous connective tissues, especially in the muscle fascia. This disease is also called muscular rheumatism |
| muscular dystrophies | Group of inherited disorders in which deficiency of dystrophin or associated glycoproteins collapses muscle cells, leading to progressive loss of function. |
| myalgia | Pain from any muscular disease or disorder |
| myasthenia gravis | Chronic disease in which muscles are weak and easily fatigued because of malfunctioning neuromuscular junctions. |
| myokymia | Persistent quivering of a muscle. |
| mycology | Study of muscles |
| myoma | Tumor composed of muscle tissue. |
| myopathy | Any muscular disease. |
| myotomy | Cutting of muscle tissue |
| myotonia | Prolonged muscular spasm. |
| paralysis | Loss of ability to move a body part. |
| paresis | Partial or slight paralysis of muscles. |
| 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. |
| torticollis | Condition in which the neck muscles, such as the sternocleidomastoids, contract involuntarily. It is more commonly called wryneck. |
| myositis | Inflammation of skeletal muscle tissue |
