Vocabulary
This term requiring no oxygen
Anaerobic
Inflammation of the tendons due to overuse or overload of tendon.
Tendonitis
This muscle is only found in the heart
Cardiac
Skeletal
This move turns inward
Inversion
Allows muscle tissue to pull or shorten
Contractibility
Commonly known as "lockjaw"
Tetanus
These long thin muscles help flex your waist and abdomen. aka: "six pack"
Rectus Abdominus
Work without actively thinking about using them and can be found in walls of the digestive system, uterus and blood vessels
Involuntary/smooth muscles
A movement away from the midline
Abduction
In this muscle condition, you are wasting away muscle when you are sedentary.
Atrophy
Treatment for a muscle strain includes NSAIDS and...
R.I.C.E
Largest muscle in the posterior of the lower back.
Latissimus Dorsi
These are dense bands that connect skeletal muscle to bone
Tendons
This movement describes tension
Tonic
Muscle tissue with repeating sarcomeres giving a striped appearance
Striated
A group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass. Mostly affects boys
Muscular Dystrophy
Contract when you actively think about using them
Voluntary muscles
The ability to respond to stimuli
Excitability
Circular movement of a joint
Circumduction
Amount of tension or resistance a muscle generates during movement
Muscle Tone
Mood swings, memory loss, fatigue, and muscle pain mostly affect women.
Fibromyalgia
This muscle rotates the head and flexes the neck.
Sternocleidomastoid
There are many functions of the muscular system include generating body heat. The other functions include:
Movement
Posture
Aids with the digestive system
Cardiac muscles of the heart contract to allow the heart to pump blood throughout the body
This is a rotation of the hand and forearm so that the palm faces downward
Pronation