Muscles Flashcards
1
Q
Smooth muscles
A
Involuntary, visceral
2
Q
Skeletal muscles
A
Striated, voluntary
3
Q
tendon, sinew
A
sausgyslė
4
Q
Aponeurosis
A
type of tendon
5
Q
Flexion
A
bending
6
Q
Extension
A
Straightening
7
Q
Abduction
A
away
8
Q
addduction
A
towards
9
Q
rotation
A
circular movenment
10
Q
dorsiflextion
A
backward bending
11
Q
Plantar flextion
A
bending the foot toward the ground
12
Q
Palmar fexion
A
bending the hand toward the ground
13
Q
supination
A
facing towards
14
Q
pronation
A
facing downward
15
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A