Muscle Resting Tension

Question 1

What is the term for the ability of skeletal muscle to shorten with force?

Answer 1

CONTRACTIBIITY

Question 2

What is the term for the capacity to respond to stimulus?

Answer 2

EXCITABILITY

Question 3

What is the term for the ability of a muscle and assoc fascia to undergo lengthening during movement of a joint.

Answer 3

EXTENSABILITY

Question 4

What is the term for the ability of skeletal muscles to recoil to original resting length after stretch

Answer 4

ELASTICITY

Question 5

What is the term for showing both viscous/plastic and elastic behaviour?

Answer 5

VISCOELASTICITY

Question 6

What is the term for the extent to which a muscle conforms to the expected anatomical and biological norms?

Answer 6

MUSCLE INTEGRITY

Question 7

What is the term for the resting tension and responsiveness of muscle to passive elongation or stretch?

Answer 7

TONE

MUSCLE TONE

Question 8

What is the function related to the tension in presenting muscles called?

Answer 8

MUSCLE TONE

Question 9

What is the force generated by muscle contraction called?

Answer 9

MUSCLE POWER

Question 10

What is the ability to sustain a contraction over time called?

Answer 10

MUSCLE ENDURANCE

Question 11

What is the ease of movement and ROM of the joints called?

Answer 11

MOBILITY

Question 12

What is the maintenance and structural integrity of the joints called?

Answer 12

STABILITY

Question 13

Examination findings are confirmed by what 3 things?

Answer 13

PALPATION
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ROM
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VISUAL OBSERVATION

Question 14

Unnecessary muscle tension, myofascial trigger points, and spasm involve some degree of what?

Answer 14

MYOFIBRIL SHORTENING