Muscular System Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| muscular system | over 600 muscles make up the system |
| fashia | tough, sheet like membrane |
| excitability | irritability, the ability to respond to a stimulus such as a nerve impulse |
| origin | does not move |
| contractibility | muscle fibers that are stimulated by nerves contract |
| abduction | moving body part away from the body |
| extensibility | the ability to be stretched |
| flexion | decreasing angle between two bones |
| elasticity | allows the muscle to return to its original shape after it has contracted or stretched |
| rotation | turning body part around on its own axis |
| cardiac muscle | forms the walls of the heart and contracts to circulate blood |
| circumduction | moving in a circle |
| smooth muscle | found in internal organs of the body |
| muscle tone | state of partial contraction |
| involuntary muscle | they function without control |
| contracture | severe tightening |
| skeletal muscle | attached to bones and causes body movement |
| voluntary muscle | muscle that person has control over |
| tendons | strong, tough connective tissue cords |
| adduction | moving body part toward the body |
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