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The human body has over _____ individual mucles.
600
Found in the walls of hollow internal organs.
Smooth muscle tissue
Decreasing the angle of a joint.
Flexion
____ is the way a person walks.
Gait
Applying cold to a patients body for therapeutic reasons is called?
Cryotherapy
A type of chemical energy, needed for sustained or repeated muscle contraction.
(ATP) Adenosine Triphoshate
Attached to bones through tendons.
Skeletal striated muscle
Moving a body part towards the midline of the body.
Adduction
Especially useful for patients with weaknesses on one side of the body.
Canes
A receptacle of heated wax and mineral oil. Used to reduce pain, muscles spasms and stiffness.
Paraffin Bath
Valve-like structures around various body openings and passages that controls the movement of substances.
Sphincters
Found in the iris of the eyes and blood vessels
Multi-unit smooth
Attachment site for the less movable bone?
Orgin, Superior or Proximal attachment.
Axillary crutches that are too long can put pressure on nerves in the armpit, causing a condition called?
Crutch Palsy
The use of water to treat physical problems is called?
Hydrotherapy
Connective tissue located just below the skin that helps support and hold together muscles, bones, nerves, and blood vessels.
Fascia
Responds only to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
Skeletal striated muscle.
Muscles that help the prime mover by stablizing joints are called?
Synergist
Patients with severe disabilities, such as leg paralysis or demormity, may use one of two gaits?
Swing-to or Swing-through
Helps prevent atrophy in muscles that cannot move voluntarily.
Electrical Stimulation
Tough, cord-like sturcture made of dense connective tissue. It typically attaches muscles to other muscles.
Aponeurosis
Intercalated Discs
Cardiac striated muscle
Turning the soles of the feet laterally?
Eversion
Static Traction is also known as?
Weight Traction
____ is the pulling of the bones and joints to create a mechanical force that is used to treat fractured bones and dislocated, arthritic, or other diseased joints.
Traction