Anatomy
This muscle is located in the upper chest.
What is the pectoralis major?
This muscle is ONLY found in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
This chronic disease is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain; cause unknown.
What is fibromyalgia?
Moving a body part toward the midline.
What is adduction?
Skeletal muscles attach to bones by this connective tissue.
What are tendons?
This muscle is located in the upper neck and back.
What is the trapezius?
This skeletal muscle characteristic is "the ability to respond to a stimulus, such a nerve impulse".
What is excitability?
This can happen when muscles are not used for long periods of time resulting in loss of strength and size of muscles.
What is atrophy?
Decreasing the angle between two bones (bending a body part).
What is flexion?
This type of muscle is found in the respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract.
What is smooth/visceral muscle?
This upper arm muscle is located anteriorly.
What is the biceps brachii?
This characteristic allows a muscle to return to its original shape after being contracted or stretched.
What is elasticity?
The name of a group of inherited disorders that are chronic, progressive, and usually appear in early childhood.
What is muscular dystrophy?
Moving a body part away from the midline.
What is abduction?
When a muscle is attached to a bone, the end that does not move is called this.
What is the origin?
This large back muscle is located from the spine around to the chest.
What is the latissimius dorsi?
This is a muscles ability to be stretched.
What is extensibility?
Due to a lack of use, this severe tightening of a flexor muscle can occur.
What is a contracture?
Turning a body part upward?
What is supination?
When a muscle attaches to a bone the end that does move is called this.
What is the insertion?
This lower leg muscle is also known as the "calf" muscle.
What is the gastrocnemius?
This characteristic is when muscles contract, or become "short and thick".
What is contractability?
This disorder is a chronic condition where nerve impulses are not properly transmitted to muscles; thought to be autoimmune.
What is myasthenia gravis?
Turning a body part downward.
What is pronation?
When muscles are partially contracted at all times; all known as "readiness to act".
What is muscle tone?