Lesson 6, Chapter 2

Question 1

Muscle Belly

Answer 1

The main part of the muscle

Question 2

Muscle fibers

Answer 2

Muscle cells

Question 3

Endomysium

Answer 3

The connective tissue that surrounds an individual muscle fiber

Question 4

Fascicles

Answer 4

Bundles of muscle fibers

Question 5

Perimysium

Answer 5

The connective tissue layer that surrounds a fascicle

Question 6

Epimysium

Answer 6

The connective tissue layer that surrounds the muscle belly

Question 7

Fascia

Answer 7

A sheath of connective tissue that surrounds the epimysium

Question 8

Tendons

Answer 8

The structures, made up of connective tissue, that attach to muscles to bones

Question 9

Origin; proximal insertion

Answer 9

The attachment of a muscle’s tendon to the area closest to the center of your body

Question 10

Distal insertion

Answer 10

The attachment of a muscle’s tendon to the area of bone farthest away from the center of your body

Question 11

Biceps muscle

Answer 11

A muscle that can flex both the elbow and the shoulder

Question 12

Stabilizing muscles

Answer 12

Muscles that support the body so that a movement can occur without your entire body getting knocked off balance

Question 13

Prime mover

Answer 13

The main muscle that produces a movement

Question 14

Brachialis

Answer 14

A muscle which helps the biceps flex the elbow

Question 15

Agonist

Answer 15

A muscle that helps the prime mover perform a movement

Question 16

Rotator cuff muscles

Answer 16

Muscles that keep shoulder flexion from happening when you only want to flex your elbow

Question 17

Subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and teres minor

Answer 17

The four muscles that make up the rotator cuff

Question 18

Triceps

Answer 18

The muscle that extends to the elbow

Question 19

Antagonist

Answer 19

A muscle that must relax during a movement because it causes the opposite movement of the movers