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A & P Ch. 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agonist | Role skeletal system plays in movement |
| Antagonist | Role skeletal system plays in stopping movement |
| Aponeurosis | Flat, sheetlike fibrous tissue that connects muscle or bone to other tissues |
| Concentric | Contraction resulting in the shortening of a muscle |
| Contractility | Ability to contract or shorten |
| Eccentric | Contraction accompanied by the lengthening of a muscle |
| Endomysium | Protective sheet of connective tissue around a skeletal muscle fiber |
| Epimysium | Outermost sheath of a connective tissue that surrounds a skeletal muscle |
| Extensibility | Ability to be stretched |
| Fascicle | Bundle of muscle fibers |
| Irritability | Ability to respond to a stimulus |
| Isometric | Type of contraction that involves no change in muscle length |
| Muscle Fiber | Individual skeletal muscle cell |
| Perimysium | Connective tissue sheath that envelops each primary bundle if muscle fibers |
| Peristalsis | Wave of symmetrical squeezing of the digestive tract walls that occurs during digestion |
| Sarcolemma | Delicate membrane surrounding each muscle fiber |
| Abduction | Away from body in frontal plane |
| Adduction | Closer to body in frontal plane |
| Circumduction | Rotational movement of a body segment |
| Dorsiflexion | Top of foot towards lower leg |
| Eversion | Sole of foot is rolled outwards |
| Extension | Returns a body segment to anatomical position in the sagittal plane |
| Flexion | Forward movement away from the sagittal plane |
| Hyperextension | Backward movement away from the sagittal plane |
| Insertion | Muscle attached to bone that tends to move when the muscle contracts |
| Inversion | Sole of the foot is rolled inwards |
| Lateral rotation | Outward movement in the transverse plane |
| Medial Rotation | Inward movement in the transverse plane |
| Opposition | Touching any fingers to your thumb |
| Origin | Muscle attachment to a relatively fixed structure |
| Plantar Flexion | Downward motion of the foot away from the lower leg |
| Pronation | Medial rotation of the forearm |
| Radial deviation | Rotation of hand towards the thumb |
| Supination | Lateral rotation of the forearm |
| Ulnar Deviation | Rotation of the hand toward the little finger |
| Contusion | Bruising or bleeding within a muscle from impact |
| DOMS | Muscle pain after a strenuous workout. Microscopic muscle tears |
| Hernia | Muscles in the abdomen become weakened or tear |
| Muscle Cramps | Moderate to severe muscle spasms causing pain |
| Muscle Strain | An injury that occurs when a muscle is stretched beyond the limits to which it is accustomed |
| Muscular Dystrophy | inherited disorders characterized by muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue |
| Myositis Ossificans | Condition in which a calcium mass forms within a muscle three to four weeks after a muscle injury |
| Shin Splint | Pain localized to the anterior lower leg |
| Tendinitis | Inflammation of a tendon, usually accompanied by pain and swelling |
| Tendinosis | Degeneration of a tendon believed to be caused by micro tears in the tendon connective tissue. |
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