Muscular System #1
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100
These muscles are voluntary
What is skeletal?
100
The term called when swinging the arm in a circle
What is circumduction ?
100
The muscle that extends from the ribs to the pubis and compresses the abdomen
What is rectus abdominus?
100
The term used for severe tightening of a flexor muscle
What is contracture?
100
The strong, tough, connective tissue cord that attaches muscles to bones
What is tendon?
200
A tough, sheetlike membrane that covers and protects the tissue
What is fascia?
200
The muscle on the upper back and neck that extends the head and moves the shoulder
What is trapezius?
200
The muscle on the buttocks that extends the thigh
What is gluteus maximus?
200
Having control over the action of a muscle
What is voluntary?
200
Moving a body part toward the midline
What is adduction?
300
The term used when the leg is moved out to the side away from the body
What is abduction?
300
The muscle on the upper arm that extends the lower arm
What is triceps brachii?
300
A state of partial contraction
What is muscle tone?
300
The ability of a muscle to be stretched
What is extensibility?
300
Bending the lower arm up toward the upper arm
What is flexion?
400
The muscle on the front of the thigh that extends the leg.
What is quadriceps femoris?
400
The muscle on the upper chest that adducts and flexes the upper arm
What is pectoralis major?
400
The end of the muscle that moves when the muscle contracts
What is insertion?
400
The ability of a muscle to respond to a stimulus
What is excitability?
400
The 3 main types of muscle
What are cardiac, visceral/smooth, skeletal?
500

The muscle on the front of the lower leg that flexes and inverts the foot.

What is Tibialis anterior?

500
A group of inherited diseases that lead to chronic, progressive muscle atrophy
What is muscular dystrophy?
500
The 3 intramuscular injection sites
What are deltoid, quadriceps femoris, and gluteus maximus?
500
The ability of a muscle to return to its original shape
What is elasticity?
500
Three functions of the skeletal muscles
What are 1. attaches to bone to provide voluntary movement 2. produce heat and energy for body 3. help maintain posture 4. protect internal organs?
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