The sagittal plane divides the body in what two parts?
Left and right
True or False
The energy for a muscle contraction comes from the break down of Adenosine Diphosphate molecule?
Its ATP
This breaks down into ADP
What type of muscle appears spindle-shaped, non-striated cells that overlap at the ends?
Smooth Muscle
True or False
Symptoms of disease is observable indications such as abnormal pulse rate, fever, abnormal skin color, or physical irregularities?
False
Signs are observable
Symptoms are subjective
What is one or more syllables added in front of a word stem to further its meaning called?
Prefix
A movement that increases the angle between two bones, usually moving the body part back towards the anatomic position is called what?
Extension
What is protein that forms filaments, that make up nearly 50% of muscle tissue and are involved in muscle contraction?
Myosin
Muscle fibers are attached to bone by what?
Tendons
What type of muscles works along side the agonist by holding a part of the body steady and giving leverage during a muscle contraction?
Synergist
True or False
"Artho" Means bone?
False
Artho means-joint
Osteo means bone
Standing position in which the person stands upright with the feet slightly apart, arms hanging at the sides, and palms facing forward with thumbs outward is know as what positions?
Anatomical
Acetylcholine (ACH)
How many muscles are found in the skeletal system?
over 600
(640)
True or False
Is scarring considered a symptom of inflammation?
Flase
Swelling
redness
pain
What is the medical term for "upon" or "on"?
epi
The movement of a limb through a diagonal plane towards and across the midline is referred to as what?
Diagonal Adduction
True or False
Blood supplies muscle tissue with carbon dioxide?
False
Oxygen
Nutrients
chemicals/hormones
fascicles
What is the suffix medical term for "membrane"?
-eum
action of the toes when standing on tiptoes
dorsiflexion
(plantar flexion)
What is the network of membranous channels in the muscle cells that releases calcium ions causing muscle contractions?
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Endomysium
Perimysium
Epimysium
Muscle tissues consist of what type of fibrous tissue arranged in separate parallel bundles, which in turn consist of several parallel muscle fibers that are held in place by an intricate connective tissue system?
contractile
-algia
Pain