Types of Muscle Tissue
Cardiac and visceral muscle are considered this, meaning they function without conscious control.
What is involuntary?
Turning a body part downward.
What is pronation?
The tough, sheetlike membrane that covers and protects the muscle.
What is fascia?
The ability of a muscle to be stretched.
What is extensibility?
The system of more than 600 muscles that makes up the body.
What is the muscular system?
This type of muscle tissue is attached to bones and causes body movement.
What is skeletal muscle?
Bending backward or bending the foot toward the knee.
What is dorsiflexion?
Connective-tissue cords that attach muscles to bones.
What are tendons?
The ability of a muscle to return to its original shape after contraction.
What is elasticity?
Turning a body part upward.
What is supination?
Smooth muscle is also called this type of muscle, found in internal organs.
What is visceral muscle?
Decreasing the angle between two bones.
What is flexion?
The end of the muscle that moves when the muscle contracts.
What is the insertion?
Irritability, or the ability to respond to a stimulus.
What is excitability?
Increasing the angle between two bones.
What is extension?
The type of muscle tissue that forms the walls of the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
Moving a body part away from the midline.
What is abduction?
The end of the muscle that does not move when the muscle contracts.
What is the origin?
The ability of muscle fibers to become short and thick, which causes movement.
What is contractibility?
A severe tightening of a flexor muscle resulting in the bending of a joint.
What is a contracture?
This describes the control of skeletal muscle, meaning a person has control over its action.
What is voluntary?
Moving in a circle at a joint.
What is abduction?
A state of partial contraction of muscles at all times, even when not in use.
What is muscle tone?
This term refers to the movement of the foot away from the knee.
What is plantar flexion?
Moving a body part toward the midline.
What is adduction?