Electromyography, measures electrical activity produced in skeletal muscle
100
What’s the most common type of MD?
What is Duchenne
200
Movement that raises the mandible
What is elevation
200
Two terminal cisternae and a T tubule
What is a triad
200
Name a synergist of the biceps brachii during flexion of the forearm.
What is Brachialis, or Brachioradialis
200
Predict one action performed by a muscle that originates
on the upper cervical vertebrae and inserts on superior
portion of vertebral border of scapula
Elevate the scapula
200
What blocks the ACh receptors in Myasthenia Gravis ?
What are Antibodies
300
Palm of hand faces upward
What is supination
300
This area only contains thin filaments
What is the I band
300
Abducts and extends the thumb/pollicis and abducts hand
What is the Abductor pollicis longus
300
Predict one action performed by a muscle that originates on the pubis and inserts superiorly on the lower ribs and xiphoid process.
Flexes the vertebral column and compresses the abdominus
300
Name one treatment that Myasthenia Gravis and Muscular Dystrophy have in common.
What are Corticosteriods
400
Decreases the angle of a joint
What is flexion
400
The space between synaptic end bulbs of axon terminal and sarcolemma
What is a synaptic cleft
400
Expand the dimensions of the thorax during forced inspiration
What are the External intercostals
400
Muscles that make up your calf muscles
What is Gastrocnemius & Soleus
400
What is a tumor on the thymus called?
What is a thymoma ?
500
Turn sole of foot inward
What is inversion
500
Found in synaptic end bulbs of axon terminal; contains neurotransmitter molecules
What are synaptic vesicles
500
Muscle involved in raising the eyebrows
What is the Frontalis
500
Name the action that allows you to make an 'OKAY" sign with your hand.