HUSTLE FOR THAT MUSCLE
THIS MOTION MEANS TO BEND. USUALLY BRINGS 2 BONES CLOSER TOGETHER & DECREASES THE ANGLE BETWEEN THEM.
WHAT IS FLEXION?
THIS TERM MEANS TO STRAIGHTEN. IT INCREASES THE ANGLE BETWEEN 2 BONES. THE OPPOSITE OF FLEXION.
WHAT IS EXTENSION?
THIS HAPPENS WHEN PART OF THE BODY IS EXTENDED BEYOND THE ANATOMICAL POSITION. THE JOINT ANGLE BECOMES GREATER THAN 180 DEGREES.
WHAT IS HYPEREXTENSION?
MEANS TO TAKE AWAY. THIS MOVEMENT MOVES A BONE OR LIMB AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OR AXIS OF THE BODY.
WHAT IS ABDUCTION?
MEANS TO BRING TOGETHER. THIS ACTION MOVES A BONE OR LIMB TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY.
WHAT IS ADDUCTION?
THIS TERM IS THE MOVEMENT OF A BONE AROUND ITS OWN AXIS IN A PIVOT JOINT.
WHAT IS ROTATION?
THIS TERM MEANS MUSCLE PAIN.
THIS PAINFUL CONDTION CAUSES PAIN ALONG THE TIBIA & MILD SWELLING IN THE LOWER LEG. IT IS CAUSED BY REPEATED STRESS OF THE TIBIA & THE CONNECTIVE TISSUES THAT ATTACH MUSCLE TO IT, ESPECIALLY FLEXOR MUSCLES OF THE TOES.
WHAT ARE SHIN SPLINTS?
THE ABILITY OF MUSCLE AND NERVE TISSUE TO RECIEVE & RESPOND TO STIMULI. ALSO CALLED IRRITABILITY.
WHAT IS EXCITABILITY?
THE ABILITY OF TISSUE TO RETURN TO ITS ORIGINAL SHAPE AFTER CONTRACTION OR EXTENSION.
WHAT IS ELASTICITY?
THIS TERM MEANS "STIFFNESS OF DEATH." WITHIN A SHORT TIME OF DEATH THE ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP) IN MUSCLES BREAKS DOWN. THIS CAUSES THE MYOFILAMENTS TO REMAIN LOCKED IN A CONTRACTED POSITION & THE BODY BECOMES RIGID.
WHAT IS RIGOR MORTIS?
MUSCLE CONTRACTION FULFILLS 4 IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS IN THE BODY. THEY ARE ______, ______,
______, & _______.
WHAT ARE MOVEMENT, POSTURE, JOINT STABILITY & HEAT PRODUCTION?
THE IMMEDIATE OR INITIAL SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR MUSCLE CONTRACTION.
WHAT IS ATP (ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE)?
THE ABILITY OF MUSCLE TISSUE TO STRETCH WHEN PULLED
WHAT IS EXTENSIBILITY?
THE ABILITY OF MUSCLES TO SHORTEN TO PRODUCE MOVEMENT.
WHAT IS CONTRACTILITY?
THIS MUSCLE ATTACHES THE SCAPULA TO THE AXIAL SKELETON. IT IS A LARGE SUPERFICIAL TRIANGULAR MUSCLE OF THE BACK.
WHAT IS THE TRAPEZIUS?
THIS DOME-SHAPED MUSCLE FORMS A PARTITION BETWEEN THE THORAX & THE ABDOMEN. IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJOR MOVEMENT IN THE THORACIC CAVITY DURING QUIET, RELAXED BREATHING.
WHAT IS THE DIAPHRAIM?
THIS MUSCLE IS LOCATED BELOW THE WAIST & IS A COMMON SITE FOR INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS.
WHAT IS THE GLUTEUS MEDIUS?
TYPICALLY A MODERATELY LARGE AREA OF THE SKIN THAT HAS BEEN DARKENED AS A RESULT OF A HIT OR IMPACT. COMMONLY CALLED A BRUISE.
WHAT IS A CONTUSION?
MUSCLES THAT HAVE AN ACTION OPPOSITE TO THAT OF THE PRIME MOVER
WHAT IS AN ANTAGONIST?
THIS NATURAL PROCESS CAUSES CHANGES IN THE SKELETAL MUSCLE. SUCH AS LOSS OF MUSCLE MASS, DECREASE IN NUMBER OF MUSCLE FIBERS & SLOWING OF RESPONIVENESS.
WHAT IS AGING?
WHEN THIS MUSCLE CONTRACTS IT RAISES THE EYEBROW & WRINKLES THE FOREHEAD.
WHAT IS THE FRONTALIS?
THIS MUSCLE IS THE PRINCIPLE MUSCLE IN THE CHEEK AREA & IS USED TO COMPRESS THE CHEEK WHEN WHISTLING, SUCKING, OR BLOWING AIR OUT.
WHAT IS THE BUCCINATOR?
MOVEMENT IN THE ANKLE THAT INCREASES THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE FOOT & LEG. EXAMPLE:STANDING ON YOUR TOES.
WHAT IS PLANTAR FLEXION?
THIS MUSCLE FORMS THE AREA OF THE BUTTOCKS.
WHAT IS THE GLUTEUS MAXIMUS?