Anatomy of the Muscular System
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| The number of types of muscles in the body is | three
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| These muscles provide the means by which the body can move. | skeletal
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| These muscles help the heart pump blood throughout the circulatory system. | cardiac
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| This type of muscles is involuntary, nonstriated muscle that form a continuous thin layer around many organs and structures. | smooth
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| A muscle is attached to a bone by a cordlike, nonelastic, white fibrous band of connective tissue called a | tendon
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| A thin sac of synovial membrane filled with synovial fluid that acts as a cushion to reduce friction where a tendon rubs against a bone is called a | bursa
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| Each muscle is wrapped in a thin connective tissue called | fascia
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| This is a flat, wide, white fibrous sheet of connective tissue, sometimes composed of several tendons, that attached a muscle to a bone or to another deeper muscle. | aponeurosis
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| The gluteus maximus muscles are located in the | buttocks
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| The rectus abdominis muscles are located in the | abdomen
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| The triceps brachii muscles are located in the | arm
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| Bending a joint to decrease the angle between two bones or two body parts is called | flexion
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| Straightening and extending a joint to increase the angle between two bones or body parts is called | extension
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| Moving a body part away from the midline of the body is called | abduction
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| Moving a body part toward the midline of the body is called | adduction
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| Moving a body part around its axis is called | rotation
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| Turning the palms of the hand anteriorly or upward is called | supination
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| Turning the palm of the hand posteriorly or downward is called | pronation
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| Turning a body part outward and toward the side is called | eversion
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| Turning a body part inward is called | inversion
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| The word that means "pertaining to inbetween the ribs" is | intercostal
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| This muscle resembles a trapezoid. | trapezius
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| This muscle comes from the Greek meaning "resembling a triangle" | deltoid
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| The common term for the group of muscles that includes the biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus, on the posterior upper leg is the | hamstrings
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| An increase in the size of a muscle due to vigorous weight training or exercise is called muscle | hypertrophy
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| The combining forms "muscul/o, myos/o, and my/o" all mean | muscle
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| The combining form "skelet/o" means | skeleton
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| The combining form "burs/o" means | bursa
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| The combining form "fasci/o" means | fascia
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| The combining form that means "to put in, introduce" is | insert/o
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| The combining forms "tendin/o, tendon/o, and ten/o" mean | tendon
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| The combining form that means "bring; move; a duct" is | duct/o
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| The combining form that means "straightening" is | extens/o
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| The combining form that means "bending" is | flex/o
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| The combining form that means "face down" is | prnat/o
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| The combining form "rotat/o" means | rotate
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| The combining form that means "lying on the back" is | supinat/o
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| The combining form "buccinat/o" means | cheek
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| The combining form "front/o" means | front
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| The combining form "masset/o" meansq | chewing
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| The combining form that means "small circle" is | orbicul/o
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| The combining form "stern/o" means | sternum
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| The combining form "cleid/o" means | clavicle
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| The combining form that means "breast; mastoid process" is | mast/o
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| The combining form that means "temple (side of the head) is | tempor/o
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| The combining form "delt/o" means | triangle
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| The combining form that means "rib" is | cost/o
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| Inflammation of a bursa is called | bursitis
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| THe combining form "pector/o" means | chest
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| The combining form "brachi/o" means | arm
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| The combining form "then/o" means | thumb
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| The combining form "extern/o" means | outside
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| The combining form that means "inside" is | intern/o
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| The combining form "gastr/o" means | stomach
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| The combining form "perone/o" means | fibula
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| The combining form "tibi/o" means | tibia
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| The combining form that means "before, front part" is | anter/o
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| The neurotransmitter that initiates a muscle contraction is called | acetylcholine
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| The opposite of relaxation is | contraction
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| A bundle composed of many muscle fibers is called a | fascicle
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| The chemical messenger between a nerve cell and a muscle fiber is a | neurotransmitter
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| The combining form "neur/o" means | nerve
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| The combining form "troph/o" means | development
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| Loss of muscle bulk due to disease or lack of use is called | atrophy
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| A condition in which the muscle tears away from a tendon or the tendon tears away from a bone is called an | avulsion
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| The result of a severe blunt or crushing injury that causes bleeding in the muscle of the leg is called | compartment syndrome
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| When an arm or leg muscle becomes progressively flexed and drawn into a position where it becomes nearly immovable is called | contracture
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| Overstretching or overuse of a muscle is called a | strain
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| The suffixes -algia and -dynia mean | pain
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| The combining form "alg/o" means | pain
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| The combining form "contus/o" means | bruising
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| The combining form that means "twisted position" is | tort/i
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| The suffix tManhat means "condition of the neck" is | -collis
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| The medical term for a painful spasm of the muscles on one side of the neck commonly known as "wryneck" is called | torticollis
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| The combining form that means "redness and warmth" is | inflammat/o
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| Pain in one or more muscles due to injury or muscle disease is called | myalgia
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| Any disease or condition of a muscle is called | myopathy
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| Inflammation of a muscle with localized swelling and tenderness is called | myositis
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| Widespread inflammation of many muscles is called | polymyositis
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| A benign tumor that arises from a muscle is called a | rhabdomyoma
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| A cancerous tumor that arises from a muscle and usually affects children and young adults is called a | rhabdomyosarcoma
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| Incoordination of the muscles during movement is called | ataxia
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| Abnormally slow muscle movements is called | bradykinesia
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| The combining form that means "coordination" is | tax/o
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| The combining form that means "rod-shaped" is | rhabd/o
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| The combining form "kines/o" means | movement
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| The word that means after death is | postmortem
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| The combining form that means "intentionally causing harm; cancer" is | malign/o
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| The combining form that means "connective tissue" is | sarc/o
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| An abnormally increased amount of muscle movement is called | hyperkinesia
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| Abnormal motions that include tics, muscle spasm, and muscle jerking that occur because of difficulty controlling the muscles is called | dyskinesia
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| Small, involuntary, sometimes jerky, back and forth movements of the hand, neck, jaw and extremities is called | tremor
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| Inflammation of the fascia around a muscle is called | fascitis
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| Involuntary muscle jerking is called | myoclonus
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| A semisolid or fluid containing cyst that develops on a tendon, often in the wrist, is called | ganglion
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| Inflammation of a tendon from injury or overuse is called | tendonitis
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| When the doctor taps on your knee to see whether the muscular-nervous pathway is functioning normally is commmonly called "knee jerk" or medically known as | patellar reflex
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| Suture of a torn muscle is called | myorrhaphy
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| The suffix -rrhaphy means | suture
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| The combining form that means to "cut into" is | incis/o
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| The combining form that means "surgical removal or excision" is | -ectomy
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| The suffix that means "process of cutting or making an incision" is | -tomy
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| The combining form "mot/o" means | movement
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| THe procedure to suture together a tendon is called a | tenorrhaphy
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| Incision of the thymus gland is called a | thymectomy
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| The combining form "pod/o" means | foot
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| THe combining form "physi/o" means | function
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| The prefix "intra" means | within
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| The suffix that means "procedure to puncture or surgical puncture" is | -centesis
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| The combining form "orth/o" means | straight
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| The suffix that means "process of recording" is | -graphy
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| The suffix that means "a record or picture" is | -gram
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