Muscular System

Question 1

Abduction

Answer 1

The movement of a limb away from the midline of the body.

Question 2

adduction

Answer 2

Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body.

Question 3

circumduction

Answer 3

movement of a limb or extremity so that the distal end describes a circle while the proximal end remains fixed.

Question 4

contracture

Answer 4

A permanent tightening of the muscles, tendons, skin, and nearby tissues that causes the joints to shorten and become very stiff

Question 5

dorsflexion

Answer 5

the action of raising the foot upwards towards the shin

Question 6

extension

Answer 6

the stretching of a fractured or dislocated limb so as to restore it to its natural position.

Question 7

fascia

Answer 7

a thin casing of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber and muscle in place.

Question 8

fibromyalgia

Answer 8

chronic, all-over muscle and joint pain.

Question 9

flexion

Answer 9

the anatomical name for forward bending.

Question 10

insertion

Answer 10

the part of a muscle by which it is attached to the part to be moved

Question 11

muscle tone

Answer 11

‘the tension in the relaxed muscle’ or ‘the resistance, felt by the examiner during passive stretching of a joint when the muscles are at rest

Question 12

origin

Answer 12

the source or beginning of anything

Question 13

plantar flexion

Answer 13

the extension of the ankle so that the foot points down and away from the leg

Question 14

pronation

Answer 14

rotation of the hand and forearm so that the palm faces backwards or downwards

Question 15

rotation

Answer 15

the action or process of rotating on or as if on an axis or center specifically

Question 16

spasms

Answer 16

persistent involuntary hypertonicity of one or more muscles usually of central origin and commonly associated with pain and excessive irritability.

Question 17

strain

Answer 17

a stretching or tearing of tendon or muscle tissue

Question 18

supination

Answer 18

describe the up or down orientation of your hand, arm, or foot.

Question 19

tendons

Answer 19

a fibrous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.

Question 20

visceral (smooth) muscle

Answer 20

tissue associated with the internal organs of the body

Question 21

ab-

Answer 21

away from, or off

Question 22

ad-

Answer 22

near, towards, or on

Question 23

my/o

Answer 23

muscle

Question 24

fibr/o

Answer 24

fiber

Question 25

ton/o

Answer 25

tension

Question 26

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

Answer 26

tendon

Question 27

dys-

Answer 27

bad or diffcult

Question 28

quad-

Answer 28

4

Question 29

-plegia

Answer 29

forming nouns denoting a kind of paralysis, as hemiplegia, paraplegia.

Question 30

-algia

Answer 30

denoting pain in a specified part of the body.