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Sports Med.
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| myo | muscle |
| sarco | flesh |
| fleibility | range of movement of a joint that's permitted by the surrounding tissues |
| transverse plane | divides the body into inferior and superior posrtions |
| saggittal plane | separates the body into right and left |
| coronal plane | separates the body into front and back |
| distal | away from the body |
| proximal | towards the body |
| abduction | moving away |
| adduction | moving toward |
| flexion | bend |
| extension | straighten |
| inversion | turning inward |
| eversion | turning outward |
| internal rotation | towards the body |
| external rotation | away from the body |
| pronation | palms down |
| supination | palms up |
| prone | on your belly |
| supine | on your back |
| dorsiflexion | going up |
| plantar flexion | going down |
| triad junction | composed of t-tubule, terminal cristernae, and gaps |
| myofibril | cylindrical structures that carry out contraction |
| sarcomere | unis of myofibrils |
| sarcolemma | specialized plasma membrane |
| mitochondria | energy generation |
| sarcoplasmic reticulum | specialized endoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle cell |
| tubules | extension of sarcolemma |
| thin filaments | composed of mostly actin |
| thick filaments | composed of myosin |
| z-line | the bands that mark the sarcomere's borders |
| m-line | the bonds that mark the middle of the sarcomere |