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Muscle Vocab
Muscle Vocabulary (Ch. 6)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Muscular System | System of the body composed of over 600 muscles |
| excitability | irritability, the ability to respond to stimulus |
| contractability | muscle fibers that are stimulated by nerves contract, or become short and thick |
| extensibility | the ability to be stretched |
| elasticity | allows the muscle to return to it's original shape after it has contracted or stretched |
| cardiac muscle | forms wall of heart and contracts to circulate blood |
| Viscerel (Smooth muscle) | found in the internal organs, blood vessels, and eyes |
| involuntary | muscle that acts without conscious thought |
| skeletal muscle | attached to the bones and causes body movement |
| voluntary | when a person has conscious control over the muscle |
| tendons | strong, though, connective tissue choords |
| fascia | tough sheet like membrane that protects tissue |
| origin | end of a muscle/bone that doesn't move |
| insertion | end of a muscle/bone that moves |
| adduction | moving body part toward midline |
| abduction | moving body part away from midline |
| flexion | decreasing the angle between two bones |
| extension | increasing the angle between two bones |
| rotation | turning a body part on it's axis |
| circumduction | moving in a circle at a joint |
| muscle tone | state of muscle where it is always contracted |
| contracture | lack of use of a muscle, which results in tightness of a flexor muscle |
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