Tissue Types
This allows for voluntary movement of the limbs.
What is skeletal muscle?
This are the only two things a muscle can do.
What are contract and relax?
These are the primary adductors of the forelimbs.
What are the pectorals?
This is a joint that rotates around an axis.
This is made up by the pelvis and femur.
What is the hip joint?
This controls involuntary beating of the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
This is the muscle that is the prime mover of a joint.
What is an agonist?
This is the long superficial muscle of the sholder.
What is the trapezius?
What are slightly movable joints such as the vertebrae?
This is made up by the humerus, radius, and ulna.
What is the elbow?
This is responsible for involuntary movement such as digestion and breathing.
What is smooth muscle?
This is when limbs are moved towards the median plane.
What is adduction?
These are the large flat muscles that support digestive and reproductive organs.
What are the abdominal obliques?
This is when one bone with protrusion fits into a receptive space in another such as the shoulder.
What is the ball and socket joint?
This is made up by the scapula and the humerus.
What is the shoulder joint?
This fibrous tissue connects bones to other bones.
What are ligaments?
This is moving the distal part of the limb away from the body.
What is extension?
These are the flexor and extensor of the elbow joint?
What are biceps brachii and triceps brachii?
This is when opposed surfaces of bones are directly united by tissue or fused.
What are immovable joints?
This is made up by the femur, patella, and tibia.
This connects muscles to bones.
What are tendons?
This is when limbs are moved away from the median plane.
What is abduction?
These are the three major muscles that form the hamstring.
What are the biceps femoris, gastrocnemius, and semitendinosus?
This joint opens and closes such as the elbow.
What is a hinge joint?
These are the three joints found on both the foreleg and the hindleg.
What are fetlock, pastern (ankle), and coffin?