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Ch. 4 Muscular System Flashcards

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muscul/o, my/o, myos/s

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muscle

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fasci/o

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fascia

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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

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tendons

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muscle functions

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hold body erect, generate 85% heat, move food through digestive system, movement, walking, move fluid through body

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muscle fibers

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long slender cells that make muscles. held together by connective tissue

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fascia

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sheets of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscles. flexible to allow muscle movement

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tendons

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narrow band of nonelastic, dense connective tissue. connect muscle to bone

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skeletal muscle

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attached to bones. make movement possible

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smooth muscle

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in walls of organs. vessels, GI tract, ducts leading from glands

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myocardial muscle

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walls of heart

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muscle innervation

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stimulation by motor nerve impulse. when stimulation stops, muscle relaxes.

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neuromuscular

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pertaining to nerve/muscle

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antagonistic pairs

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muscle pairs work in opposition. one contracts while other relaxes

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contraction

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tightening.becomes shorter and thicker, causing center of muscle to enlarge

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relaxation

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when muscle returns to original form. becomes longer and thinner

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abduction

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movement away from midline

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adduction

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movement toward midline

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flexion

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decreasing angle between 2 bones. bending limb at joint

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extension

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increasing angle. straightening of joint

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elevation

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raising/lifting body part

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depression

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lowering body part

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circumduction

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circular movement at far end of limb

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rotation

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circular movement around axis

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supination

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rotation of arm/leg so palm/sole is facing upward/forward

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pronation

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rotation of arm/leg so palm/sole is facing backward/downward

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dorsi flexion

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bends foot upward at ankle

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plantar flexion

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bends foot downward at ankle

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origin

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less movable attachment. where muscle begins. nearest midline on less movable part of skeleton

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insertion

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more movable attachment. where muscle ends

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oblique

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slanted, at an angle

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sphincter

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ring shaped muscle. constricts opening of passageway

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rectus

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straight alignment with vertical axis of body

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transverse

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gluteus maximus

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largest muscle of buttocks

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deltoid

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shaped like inverted triangle

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chronic fatigue syndrome

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unknown cause. not improved by bed rest and lasts longer than 2 months

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adhesion

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band of fibrous tissue. hold structures together abnormally. forms in muscles/organs

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atrophy

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weakness or wearing away. caused by pathology or disuse

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myalgia

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tenderness/pain in muscle

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myocele

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herniation through tear in fascia surrounding

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myolysis

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degeneration of muscle tissue

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momalacia

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abnormal softening of muscle

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myorrhexis

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rupture or tearing of muscle

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polymyositis

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muscle disease characterized by simultaneous inflammation and weakening

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sarcopenia

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loss of muscle mass, strength, and function. comes with aging

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muscular dystrophy

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progressive weakness and degeneration of skeletal muscles. doesnt affect CNS

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carpal tunnel syndrome

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tendons pass through the carpal tunnel. chronic overuse causes inflammation

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-tonic

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pertaining to muscle tone

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muscle tone

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state of balanced muscle tension

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a-

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-tax

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coordination

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-ia

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atonic

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lacking muscle tone

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dystonia

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abnormal tone. impairment of voluntary muscle movement

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hypertonia

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excessive muscle tone

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hypotonia

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diminished muscle tone

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myotonia

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neuromuscular disorder. causes slow relaxation of muscle

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ataxia

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inability to coordinate

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dystaxia

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mild form of ataxia

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contracture

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permanent tightening of fascia, muscles, and tendons

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intermittent claudication

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pain in leg muscles during exercise

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spasm

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sudden muscle contraction

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cramp

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localized spasm

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spasmodic torticollis

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stiff neck

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