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muscular system
Question | Answer |
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movement away from midline | abduction |
movement twords midline | adduction |
surrounds heart | cardiac |
moving in a circle at a joint, or moving one end of a boy part in a circle while the other end remains stationary | circumduction |
shorten, decrease in size, or draw together | contract |
tightening or shortening of a muscle | contracture |
allows the muscle to return to its original shape after it has contracted or stretched | elasticity |
irritability, the ability to respond to stimulus such as a nerve impulse. | extensibility |
increasing the angle between two parts, straightening a limb | extension |
fiborous membrane covering, supporting, and separating muscles | facia |
decreasing the angle between two parts, bending a limb | flexion |
end or area of a muscle that moves when the muscle contracts | insertion |
independent action not controlled by choice or desire | involuntary |
state of partial muscle contraction providing a state of readiness to act | muscle tone |
system made up of more than 600 muscles | muscular system |
end or area of a muscle that remains stationary when the muscle contracts | origin |
movement around a central axis, a turning | rotation |
attached to bone and cause body movement | skeletal muscle |
fiborous connective tissue connects muscles to bones | tendons |
pertaining to organs, muscles covering organs | visceral (smooth) muscle |
under one's control, done by ones choice | voluntary |