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Liles MSI Muscle
Muscular System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antagonist | muscle whose action oppose the action of another muscle |
| muscle fatigue | caused by an accumalation of lactic acid in the muscle |
| muscle tone | muscles are always in a state of partial contraction |
| neuromuscular junction | point between the motor nerve axon and the muscle cell membrane |
| origin | the part of the skeletal muscle which is attached to the fixed part of the bone |
| oxygen debt | increased respirations to counter lactic acid build-up in muscles |
| prime mover | muscle which provides movement in a single direction |
| skeletal muscle | muscle attached to a bone(s) and concerned in body movements - Voluntary Muscle |
| smooth muscle | non-striated, involuntary muscle |
| sphincter | circular muscle |
| synaptic cleft | space between axon of one neuron and the dendrite of another |
| voluntary | under control of will - Skeletal Muscle |
| atrophy | wasting away of tissue |
| contractures | tightening or shortening of the muscle |
| cumulative trauma disorders | joint problems from repetitive movements |
| flat feet | talipes |
| ergonomics | the application of biology and engineering to the relationship between worker and their environment |
| hernia | protrusion of a loop of an organ through an abnormal opening |
| hypertrophy | an increase in the size of the muscle cell |
| intramuscular injection | an injection into the muscle usually deltoid or gluteus |
| muscular dystrophy | muscle disease in which the muscle cells deteriorate |
| myalgia | muscle pain |
| myasthenia gravis | disease in which there is abnormal weakness and eventual paralysis of muscles |
| rotator cuff disease | an inflamation of a group of tendons that fuse together and surround the shoulder joint |
| shin splint | injury to a muscle tendon in front of the shins |
| spasm | sudden, painful, involuntary muscle contractions |
| strain | tear in a muscle or stress |
| tendinitis | inflamation of the fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles to bones |
| tennis elbow | inflamation of the tendon which connects the arm muscles to the elbow |
| tetanus | infectious disease, usually fatal, characterized by spasms of voluntary muscles and convulsions caused by toxin from tetanus bacillus |
| torticollis | a contracted state of the neck muscles producing an unnatural position of the head |
| excitability | Irritability |
| extensibility | ability to be stretched |
| contractibility | ability to shorten |
| elasticity | ability of muscle to return to its original length |
| contractability | the ability of muscle tissue to shorten |
| elasticity | ability of muscle to return to it's original shape when relaxed |
| extensibility | the ability to be stretched |
| insertion | muscle is attached to moveable part of a bone |
Created by:
Connie Liles
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