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Muscular Voc/Abbrev
Muscular System Vocabulary Definitions & Abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Voluntary | under one's control; done by one's choice or desire. |
| Abduction | movement away from the midline. |
| Adduction | movement toward the midline. |
| Cardiac Muscle | forms the walls of the heart and contracts to circulate blood. |
| Circumduction | moving in a circle at a joint, or movig one end of a body part in a circle while the other end remains stationary. |
| Contract | to shorten,decrease in size, or draw together; an agreement between two or more persons. |
| Contractibility | muscle fibers that are stimulated by nerves. |
| Contracture | tightening or shortening of a muscle. |
| Elasticity | allows the muscle to return to its original shape after it has contracted or stretched. |
| Excitability | irritability, the ability to respond to a stimulus such as a nerve impulse. |
| Extensibility | the ability to be stretched. |
| Extension | increasing the angle between two bones, or straightening a body part. |
| Fascia | a tough, sheet-like membrane that covers and protects the tissue. |
| Flexion | decreasing the angle between two bones, or bending a body part. |
| Insertion | the end that moves when the muscle contracts. |
| Involuntary | independent action not controlled by choice or desire. |
| Muscle Tone | state of partial muscle contraction providing a state of readiness to act. |
| Muscular System | bundles of muscle fibers held together by connective tissue. |
| Origin | end of area of a muscle that remains stationary when the muscle contracts. |
| Rotation | movement around a central axis; a turning. |
| Skeletal Muscle | attached to bones and causes body movement. |
| Tendans | fibrous connective tissues that connect muscles to bones. |
| Visceral(smooth)Muscle | found in the internal organs of the body such as those of the digestive system, respitor system, blood vessels, and eyes. |
| abd | abduction |
| ACL | anterior cruciate ligament |
| add | adduction |
| ADL | activities of daily living |
| EMG | electromyography |
| EMS | electric muscle stimulator |
| IM | intramuscular |
| MN | myoneural |
| MS | musculoskeletal, muscle strength |
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