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AMT Musc gen
Question | Answer |
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muscle that is striated | skeletal |
voluntary muscle is this type | skeletal |
weaker muscles are this type | smooth |
muscle that is striated and involuntary | cardiac |
involuntary muscles are | smooth and cardiac |
visceral muscle is | smooth |
muscle named for action | levator |
muscle named for locatin of attachements | sternocleidomastoid |
deltoids are named for | shape |
triceps are named for | number of divisions |
decrease angle of joint | flexion |
point toes toward knees | dorsiflexion |
opposite of levator | depressor |
Muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle | antagonist |
; use of high frequency current to produce heat in body part | diathermy |
protein in muscle cells that when absent causes atrophy | dystrophin |
synergistic | muscles working together |
connect muscles to bones | tendons |
membrane around skeletal muscles | sarcolemma |
treatments and exercises that can help a person with disability attain maximum function and improve activities of daily living | rehabilitation |
position when head is lower than feet | trendellenberg |
head of bed is raised is the _______position | fowler |
dorsal recumbent is position most often used in the _____medical field | obstetrics |
lying on back with feet in stirrups | lithotomy |
position commonly assumed for examination of rectum and colon | Sims |
Attacks of severe pain and lameness caused by ischemia (poor circulation) | claudication |
Infection, usually bacterial, that results in death of body’s soft tissue | Necrotizing fasciitis |
muscle tissue slowly replaced by fat is indicative of | Duchenne's muscular dystrophy |
when one uses upper body to raise themselves to standing position | Gower's sign |