PHC CH 7.5

Question 1

Tendon

Answer 1

Bone to muscle

Question 2

Ligament

Answer 2

Bone to bone

Question 3

Fascia

Answer 3

Muscle to muscle

Question 4

Supinations

Answer 4

Turning a body part upward

Question 5

Excitable or irritable

Answer 5

The ability to respond to a stimulus such as a nerve impulse

Question 6

Contractible

Answer 6

Capable of contracting or shortening

Question 7

Extensible

Answer 7

Capable of being stretched without damage by application of force

Question 8

Elasticity

Answer 8

Allows the muslce to return to its original shape after it has contracted or stretched

Question 9

Adaptable

Answer 9

Can be changed in response to how it’s used

Question 10

Atrophy and Hypertrophing

Answer 10

Wasting and enlarging of muscle

Question 11

Cardiac muscle

Answer 11

Form heart walls and contract to circulate blood; involuntary

Question 12

What does the muscle system do?

Answer 12

Provides movement, heat, protection, and maintains posture (muscle tone)

Question 13

Frequent contracture locations

Answer 13

Foot, fingers, wrists, and knees

Question 14

Contracture

Answer 14

Severe tightening of a flexor muscle causing bending in a joint

Question 15

Chronic condition where nerve impulses are not properly transmitted

Answer 15

Myasthenia Gravis

Question 16

Fibromyalgia

Answer 16

Chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain