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Cards (10)

  • Mechanisms of abnormal skeletal muscle contraction: usually ATP, electrolyte or neurotransmitter
  • myoglobinuria (elevated myoglobin in urine) happens during a direct muscle injury
  • partial dislocation is called a subluxation
  • during compartment syndrome compression of blood vessels and nerves leads to necrosis and gangrene if no intervention
  • a muscle strain happens during abnormal stretch of a muscle that is contracted
  • a muscle sprain happens to a ligament or joint capsule
  • type 1 osteoporosis: early post menopausal estrogen deficiency
  • type II osteoporosis: due to calcium deficiency
  • osteochondroses: due to decreased blood supply
  • gout is a metabolic disorder that is due to increased levels of uric acid (causes pain!!)