Types of Muscles
This type of muscle is attached to bones and is under voluntary control.
What is skeletal muscle?
These tissues allow the body to move by contracting and relaxing.
What are muscles?
Movement that decreases the angle between two bones is called this.
What is flexion?
This connects muscle to bone.
What is a tendon?
A patient experiences painful involuntary tightening of a muscle. This is commonly called a muscle ___.
What is a spasm?
This type of muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs such as the intestines.
What is smooth muscle?
The primary function of skeletal muscles is to produce this.
What is movement?
Movement that increases the angle between two bones is called this.
What is extension?
This connects bone to bone.
What is a ligament?
Loss of muscle size and strength due to disuse is called this.
What is atrophy?
This muscle is found only in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
The ability of muscle tissue to shorten and produce force is called this.
What is contractility?
Turning a body part around its axis is called this.
What is rotation?
The tough connective tissue covering the outside of a bone is called this.
What is periosteum?
A patient who remains on bed rest for several weeks is at increased risk for this muscular change.
What is muscle atrophy?
Unlike skeletal muscle, this type of muscle contracts without conscious control.
What are involuntary muscles?
This is the ability of muscle tissue to respond to a stimulus.
What is excitability?
Moving a body part away from the body's midline is called this.
What is abduction?
The point where a muscle attaches to the relatively stationary bone is called this.
What is the origin?
This electrolyte is especially important for normal muscle contraction and nerve function.
What is calcium?
This type of muscle has striations, is branched, and contains intercalated discs.
What is cardiac muscle?
This occurs when a muscle becomes larger due to increased workload or exercise.
What is hypertrophy?
Moving a body part toward the body's midline is called this.
What is adduction?
The attachment point of a muscle to the bone that moves during contraction is called this.
What is the insertion?
A patient develops severe muscle pain, weakness, and dark-colored urine after extreme muscle injury. The nurse should recognize the potential for this serious condition.
What is rhabdomyolysis?