Unit 5 - Muscular System

Question 1

Functions of the muscular system

Answer 1

makes body movement possible, holds body erect, move body fluids, produce body heat

Question 2

skeletal muscle

Answer 2

attaches to bones, makes movement possible, are striated, are voluntary (conscious control)

Question 3

smooth muscle

Answer 3

location: walls of internal organs, blood vessels, and ducts leading from glands, function: move and control the flow of fluids through these structures, un-striated, involuntary (automatic control)

Question 4

cardiac muscles

Answer 4

loaction: only in the walls of the heart, function: make the heart beat, also known as myocardial muscle

Question 5

fascia

Answer 5

cover, support and seperate muscles

Question 6

tendons

Answer 6

attach muscles to bone

Question 7

ROM

Answer 7

range of motion

Question 8

ROM abduction

Answer 8

movement away from the midline of the body

Question 9

ROM adduction

Answer 9

movement toward the midline of the body

Question 10

ROM flexion

Answer 10

decreasing the angle between two bones

Question 11

ROM extension

Answer 11

increasing the angle between bones

Question 12

ROM supination

Answer 12

movement that turns the palm up

Question 13

ROM pronation

Answer 13

movement that turns the palm down

Question 14

ROM circumduction

Answer 14

circular movement of a joint

Question 15

ROM rotation

Answer 15

moving a joint in, out, and around

Question 16

atrophy

Answer 16

when a muscle shrinks

Question 17

dysphagia

Answer 17

difficulty swallowing

Question 18

dystrophy

Answer 18

weakening of the muscle

Question 19

hemiplegia

Answer 19

paralysis on one side of the body

Question 20

kinesiology

Answer 20

study of the mechanics of body movements

Question 21

myalgia

Answer 21

muscle pain

Question 22

paraplegia

Answer 22

paralysis of the legs and lower body

Question 23

quadriplegia

Answer 23

paralysis of all four limbs