Anatomy
This type of muscle is ONLY found in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
This function of the skeletal system helps keep us warm.
What is produces heat?
This muscle is located at the upper chest; adducts and flexes upper arm.
What is the pectoralis major?
This can happen to muscles that are not used frequently.
What is atrophy?
This term is used when muscles are in a " state of partial contraction" and have a readiness to act.
What is muscle tone?
When a muscle attaches to a bone, the end that does NOT move is called this.
What is the origin?
When skeletal muscles attach to bones it allows for these 2 functions.
What is movement and maintaining posture?
This upper arm muscle is located anteriorly; it flexes and supinates hand.
What is the biceps brachii?
A severe tightening of a flexor muscle resulting in a "permanent" bending of a joint.
What is a contracture?
Decreasing the angle at a joint is known as this.
What is flexion?
A sheetlike membrane that attaches muscles to muscles.
What is fascia?
This is a muscles ability to respond to a stimulus such as a nerve impulse.
What is excitability?
What is the rectus abdominis?
A chronic condition where nerve impulses are not properly transmitted to muscles; Thought to be an autoimmune disorder.
What is myasthenia gravis?
Turing a body part downward.
What is pronation?
This muscle type has a striated appearance and is under voluntary control.
What is skeletal muscle?
This characteristic allows for a muscle to return to its original shape after it has been contracted or stretched.
What is elasticity?
This muscle is located on the back of the lower leg; aka the calf muscle.
What is the gastrocnemius?
This disease is characterized by chronic, widespread pain in specific muscle sites.
What is fibromyalgia?
Moving a body part in a circle at a joint while the other end remains stationary.
What is circumduction?
These muscle type is involuntary and can be found in the the GI and respiratory systems.
What is smooth/visceral muscle?
This muscle characteristic is the ability for a muscle to be stretched.
What is extensibility?
This muscle is known as the "buttocks"; it extends and rotates the thigh; also an injection site.
What is the gluteus maximus?
This is a chronic, progressive disorder that leads to muscle weakening and atrophy; It is known to be inherited.
What is muscular dystrophy?
Turning a body part upward.
What is supination?