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Characteristics of Muscles
Kinds of Muscles
Muscle Actions
Muscle Names
Muscle Disorders
100
the ability to respond to a stimulus
What is Excitability?
100
the muscle that is involuntary and contracts to circulate blood
What is cardiac muscle?
100
exercise that decreases the angle between two bones
What is flexion?
100
muscle of the upper arm that flexes the lower arm
What is the biceps brachi ?
100
the severe tightening of a flexor muscle that results in the bending of a joint
What is contracture?
200
the ability to be stretched
What is Extensibility?
200
attaches to bones and causes body movement
What is skeletal muscle?
200
moving a body part toward the midline
What is adduction?
200
muscle on the upper back and neck that extends the head and moves the shoulder
What is the trapezius?
200
the overstretching or injury to a muscle or joint
What is muscle strain?
300
the ability of the muscle to return to its original shape
What is Elasticity?
300
lines inner organs and causes movement in body systems
What is smooth muscle?
300
moving a body part away from the midline of the body
What is abduction?
300
the muscle on the upper chest that adducts the upper arm
What is pectoralis major?
300
the group of inherited diseases the leads to a chronic progressive muscle atrophy
What is muscular dystrophy?
400
the ability to become short and thick
What is Contractility?
400
muscle is only found in the heart
What is cardiac muscle?
400
exercise that increases the angle between 2 bones
What is extension?
400
the muscle on the side of the neck that turn and flexes the head
What is sternocleidomastoid?
400
the chronic condition in which nerve impulses are not transmitted properly to the muscle
What is myasthenia gravis?
500
muscle that moves without you having to think about it
What is an involuntary muscle?
500
an involuntary muscle
What is smooth muscle?
500
exercise turns the head from side-to-side
What is rotation?
500
the muscle on the front of the thigh that abducts and flexes the leg
What is sartorius?
500
chronic widespread pain in specific muscle sites
What is fibromyalgia?