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moscular system

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moscular system muscle are bundle of muscle fibers held together by connective tissue
excitability the ability to respond to a stimuius such as a nerve impuise
contrability muscle fibers thar are stimulated by nerves contract
contract becomes short and thick, which means causes movement
extensibility the ability to be stretched
elestacaty allows the muscle to return to it's original shape after it has contracted or stretched
cardiac muscle forms the wall of the heart and conditions to circulate blood
visceral smooth muscle is found in the internal organs of the body suck as those digestive
involuntary meaning they function without conscious thought or control
skeletal muscle is attached to bones and caused body movement
tendons strong tough connective tissue cords
fascios a tough sheet like membranes that covers the tissue
origin when the muscle attached to the bones
insertion the end that moves when the muscle contracts
adduction moving a body part towards the midline
abduction moving a body part away from the midline
flexion decreasing the angle between two bones or bending part
extention increasing the angle two bones or streangthening body part
rotation turning a body part around it's own axis
circumduction moving in a circle at a joint or moving one end of the body
muscle tone and is sometimes described as a state of redness to act
contrature a severe tighesning of a flexor muscle resulting in bending of a joint
Abd abduction
ACL anterior cruciate ligaments
Add adduction
EMG electromyography
EMS electric muscle simulator
Im intramuscular
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