Chapter 8 - Study Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Muscles that perform movement on command | voluntary muscles |
muscles that perform movement w/o commands | involuntary muscles |
Performs skeletal movement. | skeletal muscles |
Performs heart beats. | cardiac muscles |
Performs movement of internal organs. | visceral muscles |
Tough connective tissue that connects bone to bone. | ligaments |
Tough connective tissue that connects bone to muscle. | tendons |
Muscle that moves forearm; lies over humerus and connects to scapula and radius. | biceps brachii |
Muscle attachment to the bone that does not move when muscle contracts. | origin |
Muscle attachment to the bone that does move when muscle contracts. | insertion |
flex/o | bend |
pronati/o | facing backward |
supinati/o | facing forward |
tens/o | stretch |
duct/o | to draw |
electr/o | electric |
ton/o | tone; tension |
fasci/o | fascia (band of tissue surrounding the muscle) |
kinesi/o | movement |
lei/o | smooth |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myos/o | muscle |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped; striped; striated |
tendin/o | tendon |
ten/o | tendon |
tenosynovi/o | tendon sheath |
-asthenia | no strength |
-clonus | turmoil |
-ion | process of |
-kinesia | movement; motion |
-trophy | nourishment |
-thermy | heat |
dorsi- | back |
abduction | process of drawing away from |
adduction | process of drawing towards |
circumduction | process of drawing a part in a circular motion |
dorsiflexion | bending the ankle joint so that the foot bends backward (upward) |
plantar flexion | bending ankle joint so that foot bends toward sole of the foot |
extension | to stretch out; stretching out of a limb; increase angle between two bones |
flexion | bending of a limb; decreasing the angle between two bones |
pronation | as applied to the hand, process of turning palm backwards |
supination | as applied to the hand, process of turning the palm forward |
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