Body parts
The fingers of the feet
The toes
a movement that pulls a body part away from the midline of the body
abduction
a broken bone
a fracture
a group of similar connected cells in an animal or plant
tissue
a joint that permits movement on two axes, at right angles to each other.
biaxial
The back of the thighs
The hamstrings
the flexion of the whole foot, in a downward direction
plantarflexion
having a broken bone push through the skin
compound fracture
a muscle in the internal organs that can stretch and maintain tension
smooth muscle
a free moving joint
diarthrosis
The back of the lower leg
The calf
the ability to sustain activity over a certain period of time
endurance
bone marrow
a slide of long proteins that slide past each other under a microscope
sarcomeres
joint located between the surfaces of two flat bones held together by ligament
plane joint
The front of the lower leg
The shin
positioned on the same side of the body as another body part
ipsilateral
a hairline fracture that is subjected to repeated strain
stress fracture
Bundles of muscle fiber help to transmit electrical signals in the heart.
Fascicles
joint where the convex surface of one bone rotates within the concave surface of another
pivot joint
the four muscles that control the rotation of the shoulder joint
rotator cuff
the muscular system's ability to control actions
functional strenght
The fracture where the bone is crushed or broken into pieces
comminuted
proteins in a(n) rod-like unit of a muscle cell (such as actin)
myofibril
joint with opposing surfaces that are concave and convex, synonim for sellar joint
saddle joint