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Musculoskeletal
med terms
Question | Answer |
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skeletal muscles | attached to bones, striated, voluntary |
cardiac muscles | composes the heart, striated, involuntary, contains intercalated discs |
smooth muscle | involuntary, lines body cavity, visceral, non striated, tapered fibers |
isotonic | muscles change length, becoming shorter or longer |
isometric | no movement, but a change in tension |
epiphyseal line | shows growth/end of growth |
synovial fluid | found between joints |
intercostal space | space between the ribs |
pectoral girdle | shoulder blade and clavicle |
closed fracture | doesn't pierce the skin |
compound fracture | pierces the skin |
incomplete fracture | green stick, hairline fracture |
dislocation | joint dislocates from socket, sublaxation |
comminuted | many fragments of bone broken off |
atrophy | wasting away of muscle |
sprain | twisted ankle |
strain | over exertion of muscle |
myosin | thick microfilaments |
actin | thin microfilaments |
sacrameer | unit that helps muscles contract |
flexion | movement that makes angle of conjoined bone smaller |
pagets disease | bone regrowth |
diarthrosis | freemoving joints |
synarthrosis | slight movement |
5 functions of the skeletal system | 1) support 2) protection 3) movement 4) storage 5) hematopoiesis |