Muscles and Tendons Flashcards
3 types of muscle
skeletal, cardiac, smooth
skeletal (voluntary) muscle
contract on demand (posture and locomotion)
cardiac muscle
contract without conscious thought. power the heart contractions
smooth muscle
power the movement of food through digestive system via peristalsis
Functions of skeletal muscle
- movement
-posture
-body heat
-respiration
-communication
active
movement
causing action or change
-ity
condition, state
activ-
movement
activ-ity
state of being active
con-
with, together
-tract
draw
con-tract
draw together or shorten
fiber
fiber
strand or filament
-ary
pertaining to
multi-
many
-disciplin-
instruction
multi-disciplin-ary
involving health care providers from more than one profession
muscle
muscle
tissue consisting of cells that can contract
passive
to endure
not active
peri-
around
-stalsis
constrict
peri-stalsis
waves of alternative constriction and relaxation in a tube
-al
pertaining to
skelet-
skeleton
skelet-al
pertaining to the skeleton
tone
tone
tension present in resting muscles
-ary
pertaining to
volunt-
free will
volunt-ary
muscle that is under the control of the will
-trophy
nourishment
a-trophy
wasting wasting away or diminished volume of tissue of organ
hyper-
above, excessive
hyper-trophy
body part increase in size, but not in number of an indiv tissue element
fascia
a band
sheet of fibrous connective tissue
-algia
pain
fibr/o
fiber
-my-
muscle
fibr/o-my-algia
pain in the muscle fibers
sprain
wrench or tear in a ligament
strain
to bind
overstretch or teat in a muscle or tendon
tendon
sinew
fibrous band that connects muscle to bone
-itis
inflammation
tendin-
tendon
