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Medical Terminology
100
There are about this many muscles in your body
What is 650
100
This type of muscle is in the heart
What is cardiac
100
moves away from midline
What is abduction
100
Muscles partially contracted at all times is called
What is muscle tone
100
muscle
What is my/o
200
About this much of our weight comes from muscle
What is HALF
200
These are circular muscles
What are sphincters
200
Decrease in the angle between 2 bones
What is flexion
200
Muscles shrinking is size and strength
What is atrophy
200
slow
What is brady
300
We have how many types of muscles
What is 3
300
This type of muscle attaches to bones
What is skeletal
300
Rotating palms upward
What is supination
300
severe tightening of a flexor muscle resulting in a bending of a joint
What is contracture
300
movement
What is kinesi
400
Skeletal muscle is also considered ___________
What is Voluntary
400
This type of muscle lines internal organs
What is smooth or visceral
400
Increasing angle between 2 bones
What is extension
400
chemical neurotransmitter that carries impulse to initiate contraction
What is acetylcholine
400
paralysis
What is plegia
500
Another term for smooth muscle
What is Visceral
500
This type of muscle contracts quick and fatigues easily
What is skeletal
500
Rotating palm downward
What is pronation
500
tissue that connects muscle to bone
What is tendon
500
coordination
What is tax
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