Vocab
What term describes the ability of a muscle to respond to a stimulus?
What is excitability?
What is the name for a muscle with two origins?
What is a biceps?
What is the term for bending a joint to decrease the angle between two bones?
What is flexion?
Which type of muscle is found only in the heart?
What is cardiac muscle?
What is the strongest muscle in the body?
What is the masseter (jaw muscle)?
What does the suffix "-kinesia" refer to in medical terminology?
What is movement?
What does the term "triceps" refer to?
What is a muscle with three origins?
What term describes moving a body part toward the midline?
What is adduction?
What type of muscle movement involves muscle shortening?
What is isotonic?
How many muscles are approximately in the human body?
What is around 600 muscles?
What is the meaning of the term "my/o"?
What is muscle?
What muscle name describes a muscle that moves a bone away from the midline?
What is an abductor?
What is the term for turning the palm of the hand upward?
What is supination?
What is the definition of "tendin/o"?
What means tendon?
What muscle is responsible for the movement of the shoulder?
What is the deltoid?
What is the term for the ability of a muscle to return to its original length after being stretched?
What is elasticity?
What does "rectus" signify in muscle naming?
What means parallel to the midline?
What type of movement does "circumduction" refer to?
What is a circular movement of a body part?
What is the main function of smooth muscle?
What is to control involuntary movements in internal organs?
Which type of muscle is involuntary and found in the walls of organs?
What is smooth muscle?
What does "fasci/o" refer to in anatomy?
What is fascia, a connective tissue surrounding muscles?
What does the term "vastus" indicate about a muscle's size?
What is huge?
What is the term for bending the foot to point the toes downward?
What is plantar flexion?
What is the characteristic of a muscle that allows it to be stretched?
What is extensibility?
What is the primary function of the diaphragm muscle?
What is to aid in breathing?