Question | Answer |
The body contains three types of muscles. What are they? | Skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle. |
What are skeletal muscles also known as? | Voluntary muscles |
What are smooth muscles also called? | Visceral muscles |
Thin sheet of fibrous connective tissue that penetrate and cover the entire muscle, holding the fibers together. | Fascia |
A specialized type of muscle that forms the wall of the heart? | Cardiac muscle |
The point of attachment of a muscle to a bone that is less movable. | Origin |
Muscles that act without conscious control. | Involuntary muscles |
Muscles that operate under conscious control. | Voluntary muscles |
Muscles that attach to the bones of the skeleton. | Skeletal muscle |
Muscles that are found on the walls of hollow organs and tubes such as the stomach, intestines, respiratory passageways, and blood vessels. | Smooth muscle |
Muscles that have a striped appearance when viewed under a microscope. | Striated muscle |
Wasting away | Atrophy |
A reduction in size. | Contraction |
Pain in the joints. | Arthralgia |
A strong fibrous band of tissue that extends from a muscle, attaching it to the bone. | Tendon |
The main part of the body, to which the head and the extremities are attached. | Trunk |
Muscles of internal organs | Visceral muscle |
This muscle forms most of the fleshy part of the buttock. | Gluteus maximus |
A muscle that has two heads, both of which originate from the scapula and insert on the radius. | Biceps brachii |
A muscle that has three head, which originate from the scapula and the humerus and insert onto the olecranon process or the ulna. | Triceps brachii |
This muscle covers the shoulder joint. | Deltoid |
A large, fan-shaped muscle that crosses the upper part of the chest. | Pectoralis major |
A triangular-shaped muscle that extends across the back of the shoulder, covers the back of the neck, and inserts on the clavicle and scapula. | Trapezius |
Muscle located above and near the ear. | Temporal |
Muscle located at the fleshy part of the cheek. | Buccinator |
Muscle located at the angle of the jaw. | Masseter |
An injury to the body of the muscle or attachment of the tendon, resulting from overstretching, overextention, or misuse. | Strains |
In this type of joint the surfaces fit closely together. It is immovable. | Fibrous joint |
In this type of joint the bones are connected by cartilage. It allows limited movement. | Cartilaginous joint |
In this type of joint the bones have a space between them. It allows free movement. | Synovial joint |
This type of joint allows movement in one direction- a back and forth type of motion. | Hinge joint |
This type of joint allows movement in many directions around a central point. | Ball-and-socket joint |
A straightening motion. Increases the angle between two bones. | Extension |
The movement of the bone away from the midline of the body. | Abduction |
The movement of the bone toward the midline of the body. | Adduction |
The movement that involves the turning of a bone on it's own axis. | Rotation |
The act of turning the palm up or forward. | Supination |
The act of turning the palm down or backward. | Pronation |
Narrows the angle between the leg and the top of the foot. | Dorsiflexion |
Increases the angle between the leg and the top of the foot. | Plantar flexion |
The movement of an extremity around in a circular motion. | Circumduction |
The point at which two joints come together. | Articulation joint |
A small sac that contains synovial fluid. | Bursa |
The manual forcing of a joint back into it's original position without making an incision. | Closed manipulation |
The space between two connecting bones. | Joint cavity |
Connective tissue bands that join bone to bone, offering support to the joint. | Ligament |
A vague feeling of weakness. | Malaise |
Kyphosis | Humpback |
The insertion of a needle into a cavity for the purpose of withdrawing fluid. | Needle aspiration |
Increased reaction of the skin to exposure to sunlight. | Photosensitivity |
Inflammation of the joints. | Arthritis |
An abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe. | Bunion |
A cystic tumor developing on a tendon. | Ganglion |