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MSK Vocabulary

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Term
Definition
muscular system   show
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Muscle   show
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show Controlled consciously  
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show Controlled unconsciously  
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show Voluntary muscle that is attached to bone and can be contracted or relaxed through conscious control.  
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muscle fibers   show
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show Found in organs, regulates internal functions.  
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show Found in the heart, pumps blood.  
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show Band or sheet of fibrous tissue that encloses a muscle or group of muscles.  
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show The ability of a muscle to contract without the involvement of a nerve supply.  
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contractility   show
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elasticity   show
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show The ability of a skeletal muscle to receive and respond to a nerve impulse by contracting.  
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extensibility   show
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show The attachment site that does not move when the muscle contracts.  
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show The attachment site that moves during muscular contraction.  
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show Band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone.  
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ligament   show
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endomysium   show
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perimysium   show
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show A dense, fibrous connective tissue that surrounds the entire muscle.  
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show The muscle that works against this movement.  
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agonist   show
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show Movement of a body part away from the midline of the body.  
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show Movement of a body part toward the midline of the body.  
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inversion   show
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show The turning outward of the sole of the foot.  
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elevation   show
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depression   show
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show The movement of two body surfaces toward each other, as in the act of bending.  
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extension   show
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hyperextension   show
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show Movement of the sole of the foot upward (flexed toward the lower leg).  
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plantar flexion   show
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rotation   show
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show Movement medially, or toward the midline of the body. (Imagine rotating one foot inward, toward the other foot.)  
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show Movement laterally, or away from the midline. (Imagine rotating one foot outward, away from the other.)  
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pronation   show
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supination   show
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show Rotation of an arm or leg (as if "drawing a circle" with the limb). This type of motion occurs in multiple planes.  
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show Forehead muscle. Raises eyebrows; wrinkles forehead.  
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show Upper back muscle. Extends neck; elevates, adducts, and rotates scapula.  
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deltoid   show
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pectoralis major   show
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show Posterior arm muscle. Extends forearm.  
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show anterior upper arm muscle. Flexes arm and forearm; supinates (rotates) hand.  
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latissimus dorsi   show
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abdominal muscles   show
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gluteus medius   show
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show Buttock muscle. Extends and rotates thigh.  
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show Anterior thigh (crosses thigh obliquely). Flexes and rotates thigh; flexes leg  
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biceps femoris (hamstring)   show
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rectus femoris (quadricep)   show
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gastrocnemius   show
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tibialis anterior   show
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