Vocabulary
This is what "myo" refers to.
What is muscle?
This connects muscle to bone.
What is a tendon?
This movement moves a limb toward the body midline.
What is adduction?
These two muscle types are striated.
What are skeletal and cardiac muscle?
This is the contractile unit of muscle fiber.
What is the sarcomere?
This is what "tetan" refers to.
What is stiff?
This involuntary muscle is found in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
This movement straightens a joint.
What is extension?
This encloses a single muscle fiber.
What is the endomysium?
This specialized smooth endoplasmic reticulum stores and releases calcium.
What is the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
This is what "rectus" refers to.
What is straight?
This covering surrounds each fascicle.
What is the perimysium?
This movement is the lateral rotation of the radius when the palm turns up.
What is supination?
This covers the entire skeletal muscle.
What is the epimysium?
This is the specialized plasma membrane of skeletal muscles.
What is the sarcolemma?
This is what "globin" refers to.
What is protein?
This initiates muscle contractions.
What is a nerve cell impulse?
This movement causes toes to point upward.
What is dorsiflexion?
This is the name given to a bundle of muscle fibers.
What is a fascicle?
These thick filaments contain ATPase enzymes to split ATP to release energy for muscle contraction.
What are myosin?
This is what "fasci" refers to.
What is connective sheath?
This creates compartments of muscles, vessels, and nerves.
What is fascia?
This movement occurs by turning the sole of the foot outward.
What is eversion?
This is where smooth muscle is found.
What is the walls of hollow organs?
These produce the banding (striped) pattern of skeletal muscles.
What are myofilaments?