Movement
Circular movement at a joint
What is circumduction?
Cardiac muscle
Which type of muscle forms the walls of the heart?
Progressive loss of mobility
What characterizes muscular dystrophy?
Dehydration and/or electrolyte imbalance is a common cause of these
What are muscle spasms?
Elasticity
Which property of muscles allows them to return to their original shape?
Dorsiflexion: bending the foot towards knee
Which action is the opposite of plantar flexion bending foot away from knee?
Visceral muscle
Which muscle type is found in internal organs?
Autoimmune response
What is thought to be the cause of myasthenia gravis?
Contracture
What is the term for severe tightening of flexor muscles?
Excitability
What is the muscles ability to respond to stimuli
Bringing your arm closer to your body
What is an example of adduction?
Skeletal muscle
Which of the following muscle types is voluntary?
Fibromyalgia
Which condition is characterized by chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain?
An overstretched or injured muscle or tendon
What is a muscle strain
Contractibility
What is the ability to respond to stimuli
Pronation
Which is turning the palm downward?
To attach muscles to bones
What is the function of tendons in the muscular system?
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
What is the most common form of muscular dystrophy?
Muscle Tone
What is the term for the state of partial contraction in muscles?
Extensibility
What is the muscles ability to be stretched
Moving your arm or body part away from your body
What is abduction?
Fascia
What type of tissue holds muscle fibers together?
Myasthenia gravis
Which condition affects nerve-muscle communication?
Atrophy
What is the shrinking and weakening of unused muscles
Insertion
What is the moving end of muscle?