Ch 14 Part 1

Question 1

Normal extensibility of soft tissues that allows for full range of motion of a joint

Answer 1

Flexibility

Question 2

Capability to be elongated or stretched

Answer 2

Extensibility

Question 3

Ability to move freely

Answer 3

Mobility

Question 4

Body’s connective tissue that includes muscles and fascia

Answer 4

Myofascial

Question 5

Collective components and structures that work together to move the body

Answer 5

Human movement system

Question 6

Tissue connecting supporting and surrounding bodily structures and organs

Answer 6

Soft tissue

Question 7

Predictable patterns of muscle imbalances

Answer 7

Postural distortion

Question 8

Movement of limb that is visible

Answer 8

Osteokinematic

Question 9

Description of a joint surface movement

Answer 9

Arthrokinematic

Question 10

Allows movement to take place

Answer 10

Reciprocal inhibition

Question 11

When elevated neural drive causes a muscle to be held in a chronic state of contraction

Answer 11

Overactive

Question 12

When muscle is experiencing neural inhibition and limited neuromuscular recruitment

Answer 12

Underactive

Question 13

Neuromuscular phenomenon that occurs when synergistic take over fiction for weak or inhibited prime movers

Answer 13

Synergist dominance

Question 14

Sensory receptors sensitive to change in length of muscle and rate of change

Answer 14

Muscle spindle

Question 15

Division of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord

Answer 15

Central nervous system

Question 16

Contraction of a muscle in response to its passive stretching

Answer 16

Stretch reflex