Skeletal Muscle

Question 1

atrophy

AT-roh-fee

Answer 1

the wasting away or diminshed volume of tissue, an organ, or a body part

Question 2

contract

kon-TRAKT

Answer 2

draw together or shorten

Question 3

fascia

FASH-ee-ah

Answer 3

sheet of fibrous connective tissue

Question 4

fascicle

FAS-ih-kull

Answer 4

bundle of muscle fibers

Question 5

fiber

FIE-ber

Answer 5

a strand or filament

Question 6

hypertrophy

high-PER-troh-fee

Answer 6

increase in size, but not in number, of an individual tissue element

Question 7

insert(ion)

in-SIRT / in-SIR-shun

Answer 7

insertion of a muscle is the attachment of a muscle to a more moveable part of the skeleton

Question 8

origin

OR-ih-gin

Answer 8

fixed source of a muscle at its attachment to bone

Question 9

peristalsis

per-ih-STAL-sis

Answer 9

waves of alternate contraction and relaxation of the alimentary canal wall to move food along the digestive tract

Question 10

striated muscle

STRIE-ay-ted MUSS-el

Answer 10

another term for skeletal muscle

Question 11

striation

strie-AY-shun

Answer 11

stripes

Question 12

tone

Answer 12

tension present in resting muscles

Question 13

voluntary muscle

VOL-un-tare-ee MUSS-el

Answer 13

another term for skeletal muscle. it is under the control of the will