The Human Body
This branch of science deals with the structure of body parts-- their forms and arrangements.
What is Anatomy?
This physical feeling in your muscles occur due to the movement of myofilaments.
What is a contraction?
This term means toward the head end of the body; upper.
What is superior?
This is the area where two bones are attached for the purpose of permitting body parts to move.
What is are joints?
This type of muscle fiber is white in color, contracts rapidly, has a greater force, and fatigues quicker.
This term refers to the palm (front) of the hand.
What is palmar?
This system takes up 15% of body mass and includes the bones, joints, cartilages, and ligaments.
What is the Skeletal System?
This is a muscle that opposes or reverses a prime mover.
What is an antagonist (muscle)?
This term refers to the sole of the foot.
This type of bone is flat, curved, usually very thin, and usually provides protective functions.
What are Flat Bones?
This muscle aids a prime mover in a movement and helps prevent rotation.
What is a synergist (muscle)?
This term means to the side of, or away from, the middle of the body.
What is lateral?
This is a description of any body part of the body that assumes the body is in a specific stance (such as standing erect or arms hanging to the side).
What is Anatomical Position?
This is the ability to shorten (a muscle) when an adequate stimulus is received.
What is contractility?
This term refers to the smaller of the two bones of the forearm, located on the thumb's side.
What is radial?