Muscle system Flashcards
Skeletal muscle
attached to the bones, allow for movement
Voluntary muscles
consious control over these muscles
Straited muscles
Muscles with a striped appearance
Smooth muscles
Muscles inside internal organs, move and control fluids through internal organs
Involuntary muscles
muscles controlled by autonomic nervous system
Myocardial muscles
muscles in the heart
Muscle innervation
simulation of a muscle by an impulse tramsitted by a motor nerve
Antagonistic
opposition of eachother
Contraction
tightening of a muscle
Relaxation
relaxation of a muscle, return to normal state
Abduction
movement of a limb away from the body
Adduction
movement of a limb toward the body
Flexion
decreasing the angle by bending a limb at a joint
Extension
increasing the angle by bending the limb at a joint
Hyperextension
extreme extension, overextension
Elevation
raising/lifting a body part
Depression
lowering a body part
Rotation
circular movement around an axis
Circumduction
circular movememt at the far end of a limb
Rotator muscle
turns a body part on its axis