Terms
Moving a part away from the midline
Abduction
Severe tightening of a flexor muscle
Contracture
Straightening a body part
Extension
When muscles are partially contracted but not in use
Muscle Tone
Turning a body part around its axis
Moving a body part toward the midline
Adduction
Bending backward
Dorsiflexion
A tough, sheetlike membrane that covers and protects the tissue
Fascia
The system of muscles
Muscular System
A muscle attatched to a bone that causes body movement
Skeletal Muscle
Forms the walls of the heart
Cardiac Muscle
Elasticity
Bending a body part
Flexion
The end that does not move when a muscle attatches to a bone
Origin
Turning a body part upward
Supination
Swinging your arm around
Circumduction
Irritability of muscles
Excitability
The end that moves as a muscle contracts
Insertion
Bending forward
Plantar Flexion
Tough, fibrous tissue cords
Tendons
The ability of muscles to contract
Contractability
Extensibility
To function without conscious thought or control
Involuntary
Turning a body part downward
Pronation
Smooth muscle