Muscular System
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| smooth muscle (visceral) | an involuntary non-striated muscle that lines your arteries to help control blood pressure
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| cardiac muscle | involuntary striated muscle found in the walls and foundation of the heart
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| skeletal muscle | striated muscle tissue which is under the control of the somatic nervous system
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| voluntary muscle | muscles that you have the ability to consiously control
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| involuntary muscle | a muscle that contracts without conscious control
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| muscles origin | attached to the immovable bone
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| muscles insertion | attached to the movable bone
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| tendon | connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension
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| twitch contractions | is a sudden muscle contraction
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| tetanic contractions | occurs in a prolonged and steady state
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| isometric contractions | the muscle fires but there is no movement at a joint
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| isotonic contractions | both the muscle length and the joint angle changes
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| tonic contractions | sustained contraction of a muscle
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| abduction | is a movement which draws a limb out to the side
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| rotation | form of movement in which a bone moves around a central axis
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| pronation | inward roll of the foot during normal motion
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| adduction | is a movement which draws inward toward the median
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| supination | outward roll of the foot during normal motion
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| dorsiflexion | is the movement which decreases the angle between the dorsum of the foot and the leg
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| plantar flexion | is the movement which increases the approximate 90 degree angle between the front part of the foot and the shin
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