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AMT Musc gen
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |