Meaning, "connecting to the sternum, clavicle, and mastoid process of the skull."
What is the sternocleidomastoid
100
The number of functional characteristics that muscles have.
What is four
100
These bones are longer in one axis than another.
What are long bones
100
Allows flexion and extension in one direction, changing the angle of the bones at the joint.
What is a hinge joint
100
The application of mechanical principals and engineering to human movement.
What is biomechanics
200
Located within the anterolateral abdominal wall, deep to the external abdominal oblique and superficial to the transverse abdominis.
What are internal obliques
200
The ability to receive and respond to a stimulus. A stimulus is a change in the internal or external environment.
What is excitability
200
A shallow depression in the surface or at the end of a bone.
What is a fossa
200
Each surface is convex in one plane and concave in the other. Movements allowed are flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction.
What is a saddle joint
200
The attachment of a muscle that moves when the muscle contracts. It is usually the distal attachment of a muscle.
What is insertion
300
Means to elevate the scapula.
What is the levator scapulae
300
The ability to shorten forcibly with adequate stimulation. This property sets muscles apart from all other types of tissues.
What is contractility
300
These bones are often embedded in tendons and joint capsules and are often considered to be a subdivision of irregular bones.
What are sesamoid bones
300
This joint allows movement in many directions around a central point.
What is a ball and socket joint
300
The force applied to an object in such a way that it does not produce movement.
What is static force
400
This muscle name means "one who chews." It elevates the mandible at the TMJ.
What is the masseter
400
The ability to be stretched or extended. In a typical movement pattern, one group of muscles contracts while the group that has opposing actions lengthens
What is extensibility
400
A tunnel or canal found in a bone. The canal in the skull that extends from the external ear to the eardrum.
What is a meatus
400
This joint is also called an ellipsoid joint. It allows movement in two directions, but one motion dominates.
What is a condyloid joint
400
A fibrous or loose type of connective tissue; a fibrous membrane covering, supporting, and separating muscles; the subcutaneous tissue that connects the skin to muscles.
What is fascia
500
Means "under the shoulder blade." This muscle often is impacted in " frozen shoulder" syndromes.
What is the subscapularis
500
The ability to recoil and resume the original resting length after being stretched.
What is elasticity
500
Except for the ends that form joints, bones are covered with this.
What is periosteum
500
Joints in which the bony components are free to move in three planes around three axes. The two types of joints in this category are ball-and-socket joints and plane or gliding joints.
What are triaxial joints
500
The point at which all motor units of a muscle have been recruited and the muscle is unable to increase in strength.