Muscular Flashcards
skeletal tissue
striated, voluntary
smooth tissue
involuntary, non striated
-stomach
cardiac tissue
striated, involuntary, intercalated discs
joint
any point where two bones meet
bony/synostosis joints
an immobile joint formed when the gap between two bones ossifies, and the bones become a single joint
-mandible
fibrous/synarthrosis joints
bound by collagen fibers that emerge from one bone and penetrate into the other
-sutures, syndesmoses, gomphoses
ball and socket joint
shoulder
pivot joint
ulna and humerus
saddle joint
allows grasping and rotation
hinge joint
elbow and knee
plane joint
short slipping or gliding movements
-carpals
condylar
joints that can bend, straighten and move side to side
flexion
contraction of muscle
extension
straighten a joint
tendon
muscle to bone