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Question | Answer | |
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ACTION POTENTIAL | CHANGE IN A CELL FROM A STATE OF REST TO THAT OF ACTIVITY AND BACK TO REST | |
AEROBIC RESIRATION | PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN GLUCOSE INTO ENERGY BY THE USE OF OXYGEN | |
ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION | PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN GLUCOSE INTO ENERGY WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN | |
ANTAGONIST | MUSCLES THAT HAVE AN OPPOSITE FUNCTION | |
CARDIC MUSCLE | IS ONLY FOUND IN THE WALL OF THE HEART | |
CELLULAR RESPIRATION | PROCESS OF CELLS CREATING ENERGY TO POWER THE MUSCLES | |
CONTRACT | CREATE TENSION BY SHORTENING | |
DEPOLARIZATION | PART OF THE ACTION POTENTIAL WHEN A CELL IS STIMULATED AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ACTION | |
FIXATOR | MUSCLE THAT HOLDS ONE BONE IN PLACE WHILE A MORE DISTAL BONE MOVES | |
INSERTION | SITE WHERE A MUSCLE ATTACHES TO A MOVING BONE | |
ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION | CAUSES TENSION ON THE MUSCLE BUT DOES NOT PRODUCE MOVEMENT | |
ISOTONIC CONTRACTION | CAUSES SHORTENING OF THE MUSCLE TO PRODUCE MOVEMENT | |
LIGAMENT | CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT JOINS BONE TO BONE AT A JOINT | |
MUSCLE FIBER | FOUND IN SKELETAL AND SMOOTH MUSCLE AND HAVE AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL SHAPE ALSO CALLED MUSCLE CELLS | |
MUSCLE TONE | SLIGHT STATE OF CONTRACTION A MUSCLE ALWAYS MAINTAINS | |
ORIGIN | SITE WHERE A MUSCLE ATTACHES TO A STATIONARY BONE | |
POLARIZATION | PART OF THE ACTION POTENTAIL WHEN A CELL IS AT REST | |
PRIME MOVER | MUSCLE THAT PLAYS MORE OF A ROLE IN MOVEMENT IN GROUP OF SYNERGISTIC MUSCLES | |
REPOLARIZATION | PART OF THE ACTION POTENTIAL WHERE A CELL CHANGES FROM AN ACTIVE STATE BACK TO RESTING | |
SKELETAL MUSCLE | CONSCIOUSLY CONTROLLED MUSCLE ATTACHED TO BONES THAT MOVE BY SHORTENING OR CONTRACTION OF THE MUSCLE ALSO CALLED VOLUNTARY MUSCLE | |
SMOOTH MUSCLE | MUSCLE FOUND IN THE ORGANS THAT IS NOT CONSCIOUSLY CONTROLLED ALSO CALLED INVOLUNTARY | |
SYNERGISTIC | GROUP OF MUSCLES THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PERFORM A FUNCTION | |
TENDON | CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT JOINS MUSCLE TO BONE THIS CONNECTION CREATES MOVEMENT | |
TONE | ||
MASSETER | MOVES MANDIBLE UP AND DOWN IN CHEWING MOTION | IN FRONT OF THE EAR |
ORBICULARIS OCULI | MOVES UPPER EYELID | AROUND THE EYE SOCKET |
ORBICULARIS ORIS | ALLOWS THE LIPS TO PUCKER | AROUND THE MOUTH |
PLATYSMA | ALLOWS THE HEAD TO BEND FORWARD | VENTRAL NECK |
BUCCINATOR | COMPRESSES CHEEK AGAINEST THE TEETH | UNDER THE CHEEK |
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID | TURNS HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE | LATERAL NECK TO EAR |
TEMPORALIS | AIDS IN MOVING MANDIBLE UPWARD | TEMPORAL BONE |
PTERYGOID | AIDS IN MOVING MANDIBLE UPWARD | UNDER THE CHEEK |
BICEPS BRACHII | FLEXES LOWER ARM | INNER UPPER ARM |
BRACHIALIS | FLEXES ELBOW | UPPER ARM AND FOREARM |
BRACHIORADIALIS | TURNS LOWER ARM | UPPER ARM AND FOREARM |
DELTOID | TURNS AND ABDUCTS ARM | SHOULDER |
EXTENSOR CARPI | EXTENDS WRIST | FOREARM |
EXTENSOR DIGITORUM | EXTENDS FINGERS | FOREARM |
FLEXOR CARPI | FLEXES WRIST | FOREARM |
FLEXOR DIGITORUM | FLEXES FINGERS | FOREARM |
TRICEPS BRACHII | EXTENDS LOWER ARM | OUTER UPPER ARM |
EXTERNAL OBLIQUES | ALLOW TORSO TO TURN | LATERAL ABDOMEN |
GLUTEUS MAXIMUS | EXTEND LEG TO THE REAR | BUTTOCKS |
GLUTEUS MEDIUS | MOVE LEG TO THE SIDE | HIP |
LATISSIMUS DORSI | PULLS ARMS DOWNWARD AND STABILIZE TORSO | LATERAL BACK |
PECTORALIS MAJOR | PULLS ARM ACROSS THE CHEST | CHEST |
PECTORALIS MINOR | CAUSES SHOULDER TO MOVE FORWARD | CHEST |
RECTUS ABDOMINIS | MOVEMENT OF BODY BETWEEN RIBS AND PELVIS | MEDIAL ABDOMEN |
TRAPEZIUS | MOVEMENT OF SCAPULA | COVERS NECK SHOULDERS SPINE |
GASTROCNEMIUS | ELEVATES HEEL | CALF MUSCLE |
EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS | EXTENDS TOES | LOWER LEG |
EXTENSOR HALLUCIS LONGUS | EXTENDS BIG TOE | LOWER LEG |
HAMSTRINGS | FLEXES LOWER LEG | BACK OF THIGH |
INTRINSIC FOOT MUSCLE | FLEX EXTEND ABDUCT AND ABDUCT TOES | FOOT |
QUADRICEPS FEMORIS | EXTENDS LOWER LEG | FRONT OF THIGH |
SARTORIUS | TURNS LEG LATERALLY | FRONT OF THIGH |
SOLEUS | ELEVATES HEEL WHEN THE KNEE IS BENT | LOWER LEG |
SKELETAL MUSCLE | VOLUNTARY MUSCLE | ATTACHED TO THE BONE |
SMOOTH MUSCLE | INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE | FOUND IN THE WALLS OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS |
CARDIC MUSCLE | HAS CHARACTERISICS OF SKELETAL AND SMOOTH MUSCLE | FOUND ONLY IN THE WALL OF THE HEART |
ABDUCTION | MOVING AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY | |
ADDUCTION | MOVING TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY | |
CIRCUMDUCTION | PROXIMAL END OF LIMB STATIONARY AND DISTAL END MOVES IN A CIRCLE | |
DORSIFLEXION | LIFTING THE FOOT SO THAT TOES POINT TOWARD THE ANKLE | |
EVERSION | TURNING THE SOLE OF THE FOOT LATERALLY | |
EXTENSION | INCREASING THE ANGLE BETWEEN TWO JOINTS STRAIGHTENING | |
FLEXION | DECREASING THE ANGLE BETWEEN TWO JOINTS BENDING | |
HYPEREXTENSION | MOVING A JOINT PAST ITS NORMAL RANGE OF MOTION | |
INVERSION | TURNING THE SOLE OF THE FOOT MEDIALLY | |
OPPOSITION | TOUCHING THE TIP OF THE FINGERS WITH THE THUMB | |
PLANTAR FLEXION | POINTING THE TOES | |
PRONATION | MOVEMENT OF RADIUS AND ULNA SO THAT THE PALM OF THE HAND FACES DOWNWARD | |
ROTATION | MOVING A BONE AROUND A CENTRAL POINT OR AXIS | |
SUPINATION | MOVEMENT OF RADIUS AND ULNA SO THAT THE PALM FACES UPWARD | |
ATROPHY | DETERIORATION OF MUSCLE BECAUSE OF DISEASE INJURY OR DISUSE | |
HYPERTROPHY | ABNORMAL INCREASE IN GROWTH OF A MUSCLE ORGAN BODY PART | |
HYPOTROPHY | ABNORMAL DECREASE IN GROWTH OF MUSCLE ORGAN BODY PART | |
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY | GENERAL TERM FOR MANY INHERITED DISORDERS IN WHICH THE MUSCLE FIBERS DEGENERATE RESULTING IN MUSCLE WEAKNESS | |
MYALGIA | MUSCLE PAIN | |
MYOCLONIA | IRREGULAR MUSCLE TWITCHING BECAUSE OF A NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER | |
MYOTONIA | GENERAL TERM FOR MUSCLE SPASM OR TEMPORARY RIGIDITY OF A MUSCLE | |
SPRAIN | TWISTING OR TEARING OF A LIGAMENT | |
STRAIN | OVERUSE OR OVEREXTENSION OF A MUSCLE | |
TETANUS | LOCK JAW | BACTERIAL INFECTION THAT MUSCLES TO CNTRACT UNTIL HAVE SPASM RESULTING IN PARALYSIS |
FRONTALIS | MOVES THE EARS AND EYEBROWS | SCALP |