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muscular system test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abduction | movement away from the bodys midline |
| Muscular Dystrophy | inherited disease causing muscle weakness |
| Adduction | movement towards the body's midline |
| Various paralyses | loss of muscle movement |
| Circumduction | circular movement of a limb |
| Fibromyalgia | widespread muscle pain and fatigue |
| Contracture | permanent tightening/shortening of a muscle |
| Myasthenia Gravis | autoimmune disease causing muscle weakness |
| Contractibility | ability of a muscle to shorten |
| Elasticity | ability to return to original shape |
| Excitability | ability to respond to a stimulus |
| Extensibility | ability to be stretched |
| Extension | straightening a joint |
| Fascia | connective tissue that surrounds muscles |
| Flexion | bending a joint |
| Insertion | moveable end of a muscle |
| Muscle spasm | sudden, painful, and involuntary contraction |
| Muscle tone | muscles are partially contracted at all times |
| Oblique | muscle fibers run at an angle |
| Origin | fixed end of a muscle - nonmoveable |
| Rectus | straight muscle fibers |
| Rotation | turning around an axis |
| Tendon | connects muscle to bone |
| Transverse | muscle fibers run horizontally |
| Voluntary muscle | muscle under conscious control |
| Skeletal | attached to bone |
| Smooth | walls of organs (stomach, intestines, and blood vessels) |
| Voluntary | conscious control (skeletal) |
| Involuntary | automatic control (smooth and cardiac) |
| What happens to the muscle when it contracts? | Muscle shortens and thickens |
| What muscles move the ribs for breathing? | Intercostal muscles |
| What primary thigh muscle extends the knee? | Quadriceps femoris |
| What muscle extends from the pubis to the ribs and flexes the trunk and compresses the abdomen? | Rectus abdominis |
| What muscle on the buttocks extends the hip? | Gluteus maximus |
| What is the treatment for muscle spasms or cramps? | Stretching, heat, massage |
| List 3 treatments for a muscle strain: | Rest, ice, compression |
| List 3 treatments for fibromyalgia: | Exercise, pain medication, and stress management |
| Identify 4 functions of skeletal muscles | Movement, posture, heat production, joint stabilization |
| What is passive ROM exercise | Someone else moves the limb |
| active ROM exercises? | patient moves the limb |
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ebstaley