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Muscular Vocab 3G
Muscular System Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Visceral Muscle | Contracts to cause movement in these organs. |
| Excitability | Irritability, the ability to respond to a stimulus such as a nerve impulse. |
| Flexion | Decreasing the angle between two bones bending a body part. |
| Insertion | End or area of a muscle hat moves when the muscle contracts. |
| Fascia | Fibrous membrane covering, supporting, and separarting muscles. |
| Origin | End or area of a muscle that remains stationary when the muscle contracts. |
| Tendons | Fibrous connective tissue tha connects muscles to bones. |
| Cardiac Muscle | Forms the walls of the heart and contracts to circulate blood. |
| Skeletal Muscle | Attached to bones and causes body movement. |
| Extension | Increasing the ange between two bones, or straightening a body part. |
| Contract | To shorten, decrease in size, or to draw together. |
| Elasticity | Allows the muscle to return to its original shape after it has contracted or stretched. |
| Circumduction | Moving in a circle at a joint, or moving one end of a body part in a circle while the other remains stationary, such as swinging arm in a circle. |
| Adduction | Moving a body part toward the midline. |
| Abduction | Moving a body art aay from the midline. |
| Rotation | Turning a body part arond its own axis; for example, turning the head from side to side. |
| Muscle Tone | State of partial muscle contraction providing a state of readiness to react. |
| Contracture | Tightening or shortening of a muscle. |