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Terminology and Joint/Muscle Action Flashcards

1
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What is the major sign of a proximal nerve injury?

-Patient can’t curl first two fingers and thumb when they make fist

A

Hand of Benediction

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Term that includes the name of the discoverer

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Eponym

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3
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Where two tubes come together

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Anastosome

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What is the eponym for Cerebral Arterial Circle?

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Circle of Willis

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5
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What is the eponym for the rectouterine pouch?

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Pouch of Douglas

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6
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What is the eponym for a pancreaticoduodenectomy?

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Whipple Procedure

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Any plane parallel to the sagittal (median) plane

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Parasagittal plane

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Will not cure you, but will hopefully increase your quality of life

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Palliative care

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9
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Nearer to the trunk or point of origin

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Proximal

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10
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Further from the trunk or point of origin

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Distal

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11
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When talking about limbs, we don’t use superior and inferior, we use

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Proximal and Distal

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12
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When we are referring to blood vessels or describing surgery or dissection, we use

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Superficial and Deep

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13
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A bending movement that decreases the angle between a segment and it’s proximal segment

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Flexion

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14
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A straightening movement that increases the angle between a segment and it’s proximal segment

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Extension

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15
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Prefixes meaning no, or without

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A-, An-, De

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16
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Prefixes meaning against, or opposite

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Anti-, Contra-

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17
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Prefix meaning two

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Bi-

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18
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Prefixes meaning out, or on outside

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Ecto-, Ex-, Exo-, Extra-

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19
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Prefixes meaning within

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Endo-, Intra-, Intro-

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20
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Prefix meaning upon

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Epi-

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21
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Prefix meaning Half

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Hemi-

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22
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Shorten (pull), they do not lengthen (push)

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Muscles

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23
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A muscle cell is stimulated by a

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Motor Neuron

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24
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Muscle cell contraction is referred to as being

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All or none

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25
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A muscle cell is called a

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Myocyte

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26
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A muscle functions by

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Contracting (i.e. shortening)

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27
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A motor neuron and all muscle cells innervated byit

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Motor Unit

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28
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The motor neuron is also referred to as being all or none, i.e., either

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The neuron depolarizes or it doesn’t

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29
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Muscle cells contract to their full capacity when the

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Neuron depolarizes

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30
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There are multiple motor units in a muscle cell, but each muscle cell is innervated by only one

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Motor neuron

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31
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If muscle cells function “all or none” and motor units function “all or none,” then how do we achieve gradation of function?

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Recruitment of additional motor units

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32
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In the sagittal plane, movement in the anterior direction is

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Flexion

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33
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If we want to double the force that the biceps are exerting, than we must double the

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Motor unit count

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34
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Muscles designed for large gross movements have a large number of muscle cells per

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Motor unit (>500)

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35
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Muscles designed for large gross movements are not good for

-ex: muscles of shoulder and hip girdles

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Fine control

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36
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Muscles designed for small fine movements have a small number of muscle cells per

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Motor unit (less than 20)

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37
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Muscles designed for small fine movements are good for

-ex: Intrinsic hand muscles and extraoccular muscles

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Fine control

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38
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What are three things that muscle contraction can do?

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  1. ) Cause movement (concentric contraction)
  2. ) Prevent movement (isometric contraction)
  3. ) Control movement (eccentric contraction)
39
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The muscle shortens during

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Concentric contraction

40
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The muscle length remains constant during

-often resisting gravity

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Isometric contraction

41
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The muscle lengthens during

-often resisting gravity

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Eccentric contraction

42
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Muscles are named by

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  1. ) Shape
  2. ) Attachments
  3. ) Function
  4. ) Combinations
43
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What are the three types of joints?

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  1. ) Fibrous joint
  2. ) Cartilaginous joint
  3. ) Synovial joint
44
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Very limited or no movement

-Joint where fibrous connective tissue connects bones

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Fibrous Joints

45
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Somewhat more mobile than fibrous joints

-cartilage is interposed between the two bones and the bones are connected by fibrous tissue

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Cartilaginous joints

46
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The most movable joint

-contains a synovial cavity

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Synovial Joint

47
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Surrounds the joint in a synovial joint

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Fibrous joint capsule

48
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Covers the inner surface of fibrous capsule and the intraarticular portion of the bone, but not the cartilage

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Synovial membrane

49
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Covers the articular surfaces of a synovial joint

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Cartilage (usually hyaline)

50
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Secretes synovial fluid into the synovial cavity

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Synovial membrane

51
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A viscous fluid, high in hyaluronic acid, which serves as a lubricant and carries nutrients and oxygen to the cartilage

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Synovial fluid

52
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What are two examples of fibrous joints?

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Sutures of skull and teeth

53
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What are two examples of cartilaginous joints?

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Symphis pubis and invertebral disk

54
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What are some examples of synovial joints?

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Glenohumeral (shoulder) joint, hip joint, and elbow joint

55
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Errosion of the articular cartilage in a synovial joint is characteristic of

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Osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis)

56
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Inflammation of the synovium and surrounding connective tissue is characteristic of

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Rheumoid arthritis (inflammatory arthritis)

57
Q

The functional unit in muscle is the

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Motor unit

58
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Individual skeletal fibers are incapable of

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Partial contraction

59
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Muscles for fine movement have smaller numbers of muscle fibers per

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Motor unit

60
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Because skeletal muscle fibers fatigue very quickly, the maintenance of a sustained muscle contraction is accomplished by

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Asynchronus “firing” of motor units

61
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A muscle can cause motion at a joint only if it

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Crosses the joint

62
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In all cases, muscles have attachments on different bones with at least one joint between those

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Bones

63
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The origin and insertion of a muscle is never located on the

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Same bone

64
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Muscle action at a joint is generally the result of

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Rotational force (torque)

65
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What are the three types of movement that occur around different axes?

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  1. ) Flexion and extension
  2. ) Abduction and adduction
  3. ) Internal and external rotation
66
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How are the axes for flexion/extension, abduction/adduction, and internal/external rotation oriented relative to eachother?

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All are perpendicular to one another

67
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What is the torque (τ) of a muscle?

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τ= F d Sinθ

68
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May cause more than one movement because they may have vectors that cross more than one axis

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Muscles

69
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Can flex, adduct, and internally rotate at the shoulder because it has vectors that cross all three axes

A

Perctoralis major

70
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Causes flexion at the shoulder and flexion at the elbow because it has vectors that cross the flexion/extension axes for each joint

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Biceps Brachii

71
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Sometimes, instead of a rotational movement, a muscle will cause a

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Translational movement

72
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At a joint, a muscle that causes extension can also resist

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Flexion caused by gravity

73
Q

This “anti-gravity” function of muscles is particularly important in the “postural” muscles that allow us to maintain the

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Erect posture

74
Q

Can extend the vertebral column and are very active while flexing the vertebral column

-very active while the vertebral column is being flexed as well

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Erector Spinae Muscles

75
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Resist the force of gravity which tries to further flex the spine

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Erector Spinae muscles

76
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When squatting, the quadriceps femoris muscles in the front of the thigh, which can cause extension of the knee, are used to prevent

A

Flexion of the knee due to gravity

77
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Important tests when a patient has a weakness in a particular movement that may be caused by more than one muscle

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Differential muscle tests

78
Q

An effective supinator when the elbow is 90 degrees but not when it is at 180 degrees

A

Biceps Brachii

79
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A muscle that assists another muscle in its primary function

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Synergist

80
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Can perform the same function as another muscle, or can stabilize another joint in order to allow the primary muscle to perform its function

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Synergist

81
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Synergists for the digital flexors because they stabilize the wrist and prevent the digital flexors from flexing the wrist instead of flexing the digits

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Wrist extensors

82
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A muscle that performs a function that is the opposite of the funtion of the primary muscle

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Antagonist

83
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To fully and accurately describe the action of a muscle, one should state the

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  1. ) Action of a muscle
  2. ) Which body part is moved
  3. ) Which joint the movement occurs at
84
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The fixed end of muscle is called the

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Origin

85
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The movable end of muscle is called the

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Insertion

86
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Movement in the sagittal plane about the transverse axis

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Flexion/extension

87
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Movement in the transverse plan about the longitudinal axis

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Medial/lateral rotation

88
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Movement in the coronal plane about an anteroposterior axis

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Adduction/Abduction

89
Q

Loose connective tissue comprised of irregularly woven collagen fibers interspersed w/ varying numbers of fat cells

A

Superficial Fascia

90
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It functions to attach the dermis to the deep fascia covering muscles, as padding material to fill out the body’s contours and to conserve heat.

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Superficial Fascia

91
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Dense connective tissue comprised of irregularly woven, tightly packed collagen fibers

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Deep Fascia

92
Q

Deep Fascia that surrounds the skeletal muscle

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Epimysium

93
Q

Deep Fascia that surrounds nerves

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Epineruim

94
Q

Deep Fascia that surrounds bones

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Periosteum

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