Terms #1
State of partial contraction
Muscle Tone
Swinging the arm around in a circle.
Circumduction
Made of bundles of muscle fibers.
Muscles
Overstretching or injury to a muscle.
Strain
Muscle between the ribs used for breathing
Intercostal
Severe tightening of a flexor muscle
Contracture
Straightening the lower arm away from the upper arm
Extension
Weakness or wasting away of muscle
atrophy
Chronic condition in which nerve impulses are not transmitted properly to the muscles.
Myasthenia gravis
Shoulder muscle that abducts the arm
Deltoid
Control over action of muscle
Voluntary
Ability of muscles to be stretched.
Extensibility
Fibrous membrane covering, supporting and separating muscles
fascia
Chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, stiffness, numbness or tingling in arms and legs. Unknow cause
Fibromyalgia
Muscle that compresses the abdomen
Rectus Abdominus
Muscle fibers become short and thick.
Contractibility
Moving the arm away from the side of the body.
abduction
Smooth muscles found in the digestion and respiratory systems.
Visceral
A sudden, painful involuntary muscle contraction.
Muscle spasm
Muscle of the upper arm that extends lower arm
Triceps brachii
Tough connective tissue cord.
Tendon
Turning the head from side to side.
Rotation
Common contracture that is the inability to raise the front part of the foot due to weakness or paralysis.
Foot Drop
Inherited condition that results in wasting away of muscles.
Muscular dystrophy
Muscle on front of the thigh that extends leg
Quadriceps femoris
Decreasing the angle between two bones
Flexion
Ability of muscles to respond to a stimulus
Excitability
Cardiac
Type of muscle that causes movement
Skeletal
Muscles on buttocks that extends thigh
Gluteus Maximus
Name three muscles used for injections
Gluteus Maximus, quadriceps femoris, deltoid
Muscles on upper chest that adducts and flexes upper arm
Pectoralis Major