Muscle Terms

Question 0

Is the turning of the palm of the hand so that it is posterior.

Answer 0

Pronation

Question 1

Is turning the palm of the hand so that it is anterior.

Answer 1

Supination

Question 2

Vertically moving a body part to a more superior location

Answer 2

Elevate

Question 3

Is vertically moving a body part to a more inferior location

Answer 3

Depression

Question 4

Moving a body part to a more medial location.

Answer 4

Adduction

Question 5

Moving a body part to a more lateral location

Answer 5

Abduction

Question 6

Is movement that decreases the angle of a bone joint

Answer 6

Flexion

Question 7

Is a movement that increases the angle at a bone joint.

Answer 7

Extension

Question 8

Is horizontally moving a body part to a more anterior or ventral location

Answer 8

Protraction

Question 9

Is horizontally moving a body part to a more posterior or dorsal location.

Answer 9

Retraction

Question 10

Is moving the sole of the foot from inferior position to a more medial position

Answer 10

Inversion

Question 11

Is moving the sole of the dot from inferior position to a more lateral position.

Answer 11

Eversion

Question 12

Is movement of a body part about a central axis

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Rotation

Question 13

Produces movement when muscles contract

Answer 13

Isotonic

Question 14

No net movement when muscles contract.

Answer 14

Isometric.

Question 15

Isotonic muscle contractions can be classified two ways.

• the working muscle shortens to produce the movement.
• the working muscle lengthens to produce the movement

Answer 15

Concentric

Eccentric

Question 16

Attached to bone (striated, voluntary/involuntary)

Answer 16

Skeletal muscle

Question 17

Walls of hollow organs, non striated, involuntary.

Answer 17

Smooth muscle

Question 18

Walls of heart; striated, involuntary

Answer 18

Cardiac muscle

Question 19

Functions of muscle

Answer 19

Movement
Regulate organ volume
Posture/ stability
Protection
Heat production

Question 20

The number of fibers you activate to start muscle contraction (all/ nothing)

Answer 20

Strength

Question 21

Order going inwards of organ layers

Answer 21

• Organ ( covered by epimysium)
• Fascicles (perimysium and visible to the eye).
• fibers/ cell ( endomysium)
• myofibrils
• myo filaments ( thin = actin/ thick = myosin)

Question 22

Joins muscle to bone

Answer 22

Tendon.