Muscle Actions
Joints
Muscle vocabulary
Respiratory & digestive systems
Integumentary system
100
The main antagonist muscle in arm flexion
What is triceps brachii
100
Joint type of the thumb
What is a saddle joint
100
A broad, flat sheet of fibrous connective tissue
What is Aponeurosis
100
Involuntary diaphragm contraction
What is hiccup
100
Vitamin synthesized in integumentary system
What is vitamin D
200
Main action of the upper trapezius
What is shoulder elevation
200
Type of joint that allows knee extension
What is hinge joint
200
Typically the distal attachment point of a muscle
What is insertion
200
Pathological condition involving thick mucus/sticky production affecting the lungs and other organs
What is cystic fibrosis
200
Most superficial layer of skin
What is epidermis
300
Prime mover in hip flexion
What is psoas
300
A flat sac of synovial fluid found in high friction areas
What is bursa
300
A motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it controls
What is a motor unit
300
Organ that stores and churns food, enzymes help breakdown food here
What is the stomach
300
Another more common name for herpes zoster, viral infection of the skin
What is the chicken pox
400
Action of the muscles found on the anterior surface of the forearm
What is hand/wrist flexion
400
Joint type that allows the most movement in 3 planes around a central point
What is ball-and-socket joint
400
The ability of a muscle to be stretched or extended
What is extensibility
400
The removal and release of undigested and unabsorbed food as solid waste
What is elimination
400
Most serious form of skin cancer that metastasizes at an early stage
What is melanoma
500
The soleus is a synergist to this muscle during plantar flexion
What is the gastrocnemius
500
A range of motion of a joint less than what would be permitted normally by the structure
What is hypomobility
500
Muscle contraction where the muscle lengthens with tone, considered negative contraction
What is eccentric muscle contractions
500
Abnormally deep or rapid breathing in excess of physical demands
What is hyperventilation
500
Skin disorder responsible for hair loss
What is alopecia
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