Muscular System Med Terms

Question 1

Adduction

Answer 1

Movement of a body part towards the midline

Question 2

Abduction

Answer 2

Movement of a body part away from the midline

Question 3

Flexion

Answer 3

Decreasing the angle between two bones (bending a body part)

Question 4

Extension

Answer 4

Increasing the angle between two bones (straightening a body part)

Question 5

Rotation

Answer 5

Turning a body part around on its axis

Question 6

Circumduction

Answer 6

Moving in a circle at a joint or moving one end of a body part in a circle while the other remains stationary.

Question 7

Involuntary

Answer 7

Functioning without conscious thought or control

Question 8

Voluntary

Answer 8

Controlled functions

Question 9

Cardiac

Answer 9

Muscles which form the walls of the heart and circulates blood

Question 10

Visceral

Answer 10

Muscle found in the internal organs of the body (digestive and respiratory systems + blood vessels and eyes)

Question 11

Skeletal

Answer 11

Muscle attached to the bones which causes body movement