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