6B Flashcards
Rule 1 of 5 golden rules
All skeletal cross at least
one joint (few exceptions)
Rule 2 Bulk of skeletal muscle lies
proximal to joint crossed
Rule 3 All skeletal muscles have at least 2 attachments
: origin and insertion
Rule 4 Skeletal muscles can only
pull; they never push
Rule 5 During contraction, skeletal muscle insertion moves towards
towards origin
Origin
Attachment to less movable bone
Insertion
Attachment to movable bone
When muscle contracts insertion moves towards
Origin
Body movement occurs when
Muscles contract across joints
Flexion
Decreases angle
Bending hinge joints (knee elbow)
Ball and socket (hip)
Extension
Opposite of flexion
Increases angle between two bones
Straightening
Hyperextension
More than 180
Rotation
Movement around longitudinal axis
Common in ball and socket joints
Example of rotation
Moving atlas around dens of axis
Shaking head no
Cicumduction
Combines, flexion, abduction and adduction extension
Common in ball and socket joints
Proximal end is stationary, distal end moves in a circle
Inversion
Turning foot medially
Eversion
Turning sole of foot laterally
Supination
Forearm laterally, radius and ulna are parallel
Pronation
Forearm rotates medially. Palm faces back .
Radius and ulna cross like X
Opposition
Thumb touched tips of other fingers on the same hand
Groups of muscles that produce opposite actions lie on
Opposite sides of a joint
Prime mover
Muscle w/ major responsibility for a certain movement
Antagonist
Muscle that reverses or opposes a prime mover
Synergist
Muscle that aids prime mover in movement
Or
Reduces undesirable movements