Ch. 4 Anatomic Terms Related to Joints and Muscles

Question 0

bursa

Answer 0

a fibrous sac between certain tendons and bones that is lined with a synovial membrane that secretes synovial fluid

Question 1

articulation

Answer 1

a joint; the point where two bones come together

Question 2

disk or disc

Answer 2

a flat, plate-like structure composed on fibrocartilaginous tissue between the vertebrae that reduces friction

Question 3

nucleus pulposus

Answer 3

the soft, fibrocartilaginous, central portion of intervertebral disk

Question 4

ligament

Answer 4

a flexible band of fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone

Question 5

synovial membrane

Answer 5

membrane lining of the capsule of a joint

Question 6

synovial fluid

Answer 6

joint-lubricating fluid secreted by the synovial membrane

Question 7

muscle

Answer 7

tissue composed of fibers that can contract, causing movement of an organ or part of the body

Question 8

striated or skeletal muscle

Answer 8

voluntary muscle attached to the skeleton

Question 9

smooth muscle

Answer 9

involuntary muscle found in internal organs

Question 10

cardiac muscle

Answer 10

muscle of the heart

Question 11

origin of a muscle

Answer 11

muscle end attached to the bone that does not move when the muscle is contracted

Question 12

insertion of a muscle

Answer 12

muscle end attached to the bone that moves when the muscle is contracted

Question 13

tendon

Answer 13

a band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone

Question 14

fascia

Answer 14

a band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscle