Muscle Types and Properties
This type of muscle is involuntary and found in internal organs.
What is smooth/visceral muscle?
Movement away from the midline of the body
What is abduction?
This shoulder muscle is a common injection site.
What is the deltoid?
The word “muscle” means this in Latin.
What is little mouse?
Bands of connective tissue attaching muscle to bone.
What is are tendons?
This muscle type forms the walls of the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
Movement toward the midline of the body.
What is adduction?
This muscle flexes the lower arm and supinates the hand.
The smallest striated muscle in the body.
What is the stapedius?
The stationary end of a muscle.
What is the origin?
This muscle type is voluntary and attached to bones.
What is skeletal muscle?
Bending a joint and decreasing the angle.
What is flexion?
This muscle extends the lower arm.
What is the triceps?
The longest muscle in the body.
What is the sartorius?
The end of the muscle that moves during contraction.
What is the insertion?
The ability of muscle to shorten and thicken is called this.
What is contractability?
Straightening a joint and increasing the angle.
What is extension?
This is the largest muscle in the human body.
What is the gluteus maximus?
This muscle helps prevent ear bones from shaking during loud noises.
What is the stapedius?
A partial contraction when muscles are “ready to act.”
What is muscle tone?
This characteristic allows muscle to return to its original size after stretching.
What is elasticity?
Moving a limb in a circular motion while one end stays stationary.
What is circumduction?
This muscle helps with breathing by moving the ribs.
What are the intercostals?
This muscle group helps form the shape of the buttocks.
What is the gluteus maximus?
Severe tightening of a muscle that limits movement is called this.
What is a contracture?