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100

What do you call the attachment site that does not move when the muscle contracts? 

Origin

100

Inflammation of a fascia is called ?

Fasciitis

100

What do you call the inward turning of the sole of the foot? 

Inversion

100

Skeletal muscle is attached to bone where? 

The origin site, the insertion site, both ends of the muscle, or at the ligaments

Both ends of the muscle

100

What do you call "raising" of a body part? 

Elevation, Extension, Dorsiflexion, or Hyperextension

Elevation

200

What do you call the attachment site that "moves" during muscular contraction? 

Insertion

200

What do you call a herniation or protrusion of muscle through a tear in the fascia? 

Myocele

200

What do you call the outward turning of the sole of the foot? 

Eversion

200

What is the term for "lowering" a body part? 

Flexion, Pronation, Depression, or Supination

Depression

200

What does RICE stand for? 

Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation

300

When muscles work in pairs, what causes the primary movement? 

Agonist

300

Stretching or tearing of a "ligament" is called a ?

Sprain

300

Muscle is made up of bundles of fibers held together by ?

Connective Tissue, Ligaments, Striations, or Nerve Tissue

Connective Tissue

300

An incision into a tendon is called what? 

Tenotomy

300

What does NSAID stand for? 

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: they have analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties.  

*They work for pain, inflammation and fever.

400

What works against a muscle causing primary movement? 

Antagonist

400

Stretching or tearing of a muscle or tendon is called a ?

Strain

400

What do you call the ability of a skeletal muscle to receive and respond to a nerve impulses? 

Automaticity, Contractility, Sensitivity, or Excitability

Excitability

400

What diagnostic test is a graphic recording of the contraction of a muscle as a results of electrical stimulation? 

EMG- Electromyogram

Electr/o= electricity

My/o= muscle

-gram = record;image

400

The ability of skeletal muscle fibers to resume their resting length when a stretching force is removed is called what? 

Elasticity

500

What do you call total paralysis on "one side" of the body?

Hemiplegia

500

What do you call the process of measuring the range of motion in a joint

Goniometry

500

What do you call the sheath of connective tissue that surrounds bundles of muscle fibers? 

Epimysium, Perimysium, Tendonisium, or Endomysium

Hint: What means "surround"?

Perimysium

500

The ability of skeletal muscles to be stretched is called what? 

Extensibility

500

What are the three types of muscles? 

Skeletal, Smooth, and Cardiac