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WEEK 6 VOCAB
| The continuous low level of sustained contraction maintained by all skeletal muscles is muscle | Skeletal, Smooth, & Cardiac |
| The point of attachment the does not move when the muscle contracts is the? | origin |
| What term is used to describe a muscle that directly performs a particular movement? | prime mover |
| Types of muscle contractions | Twitch, tetanic, isotonic |
| An increase in muscle size | Hypertrophy |
| The muscle that flexed the forearm at the elbow | Biceps brachii |
| Movement around a longitudinal axis is?? | Rotation |
| Because this muscle is responsible for delivering blows during fights, it is often called the boxer's muscle | Triceps brachii |
| The movement that makes the angle between two bones at their joint smaller than it was at the beginning of the movement is called? | flexion |
| The orbicularis muscle can be found in the? | FACE |