Quiz 2 Flashcards
3 types of muscle tissue
Skeletal, cardiac, and smooth
Skeletal muscle
the most common type, 600 types
Smooth muscle
Lines blood vessels
Cardiac muscle
found in the heart
Skeletal muscle
Connects to two bones, the attachments are called origin and insertion
Voluntary muscle
Skeletal muscle
Involuntary muscle
Cardiac and smooth muscle
Skeletal and cardiac muscles have…
Striations
The origin is ___ and the insertion is ___
Immovable; movable
A muscles main motion is called
Agonist motion
A muscles relaxed or opposite motion is called
Antagonist motion
Flexion
The angle between two bones decreases
Extension
The angle between two bones increases
Abduction
Moving away from the midline
Adduction
Moving towards the midline
Ball and socket joint flexion
Moving forward
Ball and socket joint extension
Moving back
Elevation
To close the mandible
Depression
To open the mandible
Protraction
Pushing the jaw outwards
Retraction
Pulling the jaw inwards
Rotation
Moving a body part in one plane
Circumduction
Made up of four motions: flexion, abduction, extension, and adduction
Pronation
Palm down
Supination
Palm up
Prone
Lying on stomach