Muscles And Body Movements Flashcards
To an immovable bone
Origin
Bring two bones closer together
Flexion
Increases angle between two bones
Extension
Movement of a bone on its longitudinal axis
Rotation
Away from midline
Abduction
Toward midline
Addiction
Circumspection is a combination of what
Flexion
Extension
Abduction
Adduction
Lifting foot towards shin
Dorsiflexion
Planting not footing toward sole
Plantar flexion
Turn sole medially
Inversion
Turn sole laterally
Eversion
Forearm rotates laterally so palm faces anteriorly
Supination
Palm rotates medially so palms face and posteriorly
Pronation
Some to touch the tips of other fingers
Opposition
Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement
Prime mover
Muscle that opposes a reverse is a prime mover
Antagonist
Muscle that aids a prime mover and a movement and helps rotation
Synergist
Stabilizes the origin of prime mover
Fixator
All comes to a point
Covergent
Spindle-shaped with a belly that is bigger
Fusiform
All fascicles run parallel
Parallel
Concentric rings
Circular
Many sides they connect to
Multipennate
Two sides of connection
Bipennate
One side of connection
Unipennate
Fascicle arrangement determines what
The range of motion and power
Attachment to a movable bone
Insertion
