Muscle Vocabulary (Ch. 6)
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| Muscular System | System of the body composed of over 600 muscles
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| excitability | irritability, the ability to respond to stimulus
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| contractability | muscle fibers that are stimulated by nerves contract, or become short and thick
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| extensibility | the ability to be stretched
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| elasticity | allows the muscle to return to it's original shape after it has contracted or stretched
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| cardiac muscle | forms wall of heart and contracts to circulate blood
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| Viscerel (Smooth muscle) | found in the internal organs, blood vessels, and eyes
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| involuntary | muscle that acts without conscious thought
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| skeletal muscle | attached to the bones and causes body movement
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| voluntary | when a person has conscious control over the muscle
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| tendons | strong, though, connective tissue choords
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| fascia | tough sheet like membrane that protects tissue
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| origin | end of a muscle/bone that doesn't move
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| insertion | end of a muscle/bone that moves
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| adduction | moving body part toward midline
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| abduction | moving body part away from midline
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| flexion | decreasing the angle between two bones
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| extension | increasing the angle between two bones
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| rotation | turning a body part on it's axis
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| circumduction | moving in a circle at a joint
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| muscle tone | state of muscle where it is always contracted
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| contracture | lack of use of a muscle, which results in tightness of a flexor muscle
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