muscular anesthesia

anesthesia /an·es·the·sia/ (an″es-the´zhah)

1. loss of sensation, usually by damage to a nerve or receptor.

2. loss of the ability to feel pain, caused by administration of a drug or other medical intervention.

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basal anesthesia  narcosis produced by preliminary medication so that the inhalation of anesthetic necessary to produce surgical anesthesia is greatly reduced.

block anesthesia  regional a.

bulbar anesthesia  that due to a lesion of the pons.

caudal anesthesia  see under block.

closed circuit anesthesia  that produced by continuous rebreathing of a small amount of anesthetic gas in a closed system with an apparatus for removing carbon dioxide.

crossed anesthesia  see under hemianesthesia.

anesthesia doloro´sa  pain in an area or region that is anesthetic.

electric anesthesia  that induced by passage of an electric current.

endotracheal anesthesia  that produced by introduction of a gaseous mixture through a tube inserted into the trachea.

epidural anesthesia  that produced by injection of the anesthetic into the extradural space, either between the vertebral spines or into the sacral hiatus (caudal block).

general anesthesia  a state of unconsciousness and insusceptibility to pain, produced by administration of anesthetic agents by inhalation, intravenously, intramuscularly, rectally, or via the gastrointestinal tract.

infiltration anesthesia  local anesthesia produced by injection of the anesthetic solution in the area of terminal nerve endings.

inhalation anesthesia  that produced by the inhalation of vapors of a volatile liquid or gaseous anesthetic agent.

insufflation anesthesia  that produced by blowing a mixture of gases or vapors into the respiratory tract through a tube.

local anesthesia  that produced in a limited area, as by injection of a local anesthetic or by freezing with ethyl chloride.

lumbar epidural anesthesia  that produced by injection of the anesthetic into the epidural space at the second or third lumbar interspace.

muscular anesthesia  loss or lack of muscle sense.

open anesthesia  general inhalation anesthesia using a cone, without significant rebreathing of exhaled gases.

peripheral anesthesia  that due to changes in the peripheral nerves.

regional anesthesia  insensibility of a part induced by interrupting the sensory nerve conductivity of that region of the body; it may be produced by either field block or nerve block (see under block ).

sacral anesthesia  spinal anesthesia by injection of anesthetic into the sacral canal and about the sacral nerves.

saddle block anesthesia  see under block.

spinal anesthesia 

1. regional anesthesia by injection of a local anesthetic into the subarachnoid space around the spinal cord.

2. loss of sensation due to a spinal lesion.

surgical anesthesia  that degree of anesthesia at which operation may safely be performed.

tactile anesthesia  loss or impairment of the sense of touch.

topical anesthesia  that produced by application of a local anesthetic directly to the area involved, as to the oral mucosa or the cornea.

transsacral anesthesia  sacral a.

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muscular anesthesia

n.

Loss of muscle sense, specifically, loss of the ability to determine the position of a limb or to distinguish differences in weight.