Classification
Other words to describe skeletal muscle
What is voluntary & striated
Away from midline
What is abduction
An injury or overstretching of a muscle and/or tendon
What is a strain
Muscles responsible for chewing (mastication)
What is Temporalis & Masseter
Muscle that closes the eye
What is Orbicularis Oculi
Other words to describe visceral muscle
What is smooth, non striated, involuntary
Towards midline
What is adduction
Wasting away of muscle tissue usually due to lack of use
What is atrophy
Muscles responsible for upper arm adduction
What is Pectoralis major and Latissimus dorsi
Muscle to abduct the upper arm
What is the Deltoid
The other terms for cardiac muscle
What is striated and involuntary
Increasing the angle of the joint
What is Extension
Chronic muscle pain
What is fibromyalgia
Muscles responsible for "six-pack abs"
What are external obliques and rectus abdominis muscles
Muscle to extend the thigh (move leg behind you)
What Gluteus Maximus
Smooth muscle contraction
What is peristalsis
The movement of the ankle so the sole of the foot faces inward
What is inversion
Resting length of the muscle shortens; resulting in permanent flexion and fixation
What is a contracture
Muscles in the Quadricep group
What are the vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius & rectus femoris
Muscle that draws cheeks in allowing us to whistle
What is the Buccinator
The four properties of muscles
What is excitability/irritability, contractility, extensibility, and elasticity
Hand movement with palms facing up
What is supination
Disease resulting in easily fatigued muscles
What is Myasthenia Gravis
Muscles of the Hamstring group
What is Semimembranosus, Semitendinosus, Bicep femoris
Flexes leg & thigh; abducts and rotates thigh
What is sartorius