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100
These muscles are voluntary
What is skeletal?
100
The term called when swinging the arm in a circle
What is circumduction ?
100

What are the 3 types of muscle?

Smooth, Cardiac, and Skeletal

100
The term used for severe tightening of a flexor muscle
What is contracture?
100

What is the ability of a muscle to be stretched?

Extensibility

200

What is the ability of a muscle to respond to a stimulus?

Excitability

200

What is the ability of a muscle to return to its original shape?

Elasticity

200

What is the ability of a muscle to become short and thick?

Contractibility

200
Having control over the action of a muscle
What is voluntary?
200
Moving a body part toward the midline
What is adduction?
300
The term used when the leg is moved out to the side away from the body
What is abduction?
300

The term used when the leg is moved back towards the body

Adduction

300
A state of partial contraction
What is muscle tone?
300

What types of muscles are involuntary?

Cardiac and Smooth

300
Bending the lower arm up toward the upper arm
What is flexion?
400

The end of the muscle that stays in place

Origin

400

The head moving from side to side is what?

Rotation

400
The end of the muscle that moves when the muscle contracts
What is insertion?
400

Not having control over a muscle

Involuntary

400

Straightening a body part

Extension

500

When a muscle shrinks and/or loses strength

Muscle Atrophy

500

How many muscles are in the body?

over 600

500

Examples of smooth muscle

Esophagus, intestines, other internal organs

500

Examples of cardiac muscle

Heart and certain blood vessels

500
Three functions of the skeletal muscles
What are 1. attaches to bone to provide voluntary movement 2. produce heat and energy for body 3. help maintain posture 4. protect internal organs?