Movement Of The Muscles CH 3

Question 1

Kinesi/o

Answer 1

Movement

Question 2

-kinesis

Answer 2

movement

Question 3

Kinesiology (kin ease ee ology)

Answer 3

study of movement

Question 4

Antagonistic

Answer 4

muscles that work against or opposite each other (work by producing contractions of one pair of muscles while other pair relaxes)

Question 5

Agon

Answer 5

Struggle

Question 6

Synergists (Agonistic)

Answer 6

Muscles that contract at the same time as another muscle to help movement or support movement.

Question 7

Syn

Answer 7

together

Question 8

Erg

Answer 8

work

Question 9

Contraction (Muscles become shorter and thicker)

Answer 9

Tightening

Question 10

Relaxation (Muscles return to original shape)

Answer 10

lessening of tension

Question 11

Neurumuscular Juntion

Answer 11

the point at which nerve endings come into contact w/ muscle cells. (muscles are signaled to contract or relax by nerve impulses) -where the nerves tell the muscles to fire

Question 12

Tonus

Answer 12

muscle tone (Balanced muscle tension)

Question 13

Ton/o

Answer 13

Tone, tension or stretching

Question 14

Muscle origin

Answer 14

The place where a muscle begins, or originates, and is the more fixed attachment or the end of the muscle closest to the midline

Question 15

Muscle insertion

Answer 15

the place where a muscle ends or inserts, and is the more moveable and/or portion of the muscle furthest from the midline