Unit 6 Quiz 5 Flashcards
Flexión
Closing the angle at a joint
Extensión
Opening the angle at a joint
Abduction
Movement away from the midline
Adduction
Movement toward midline of body
Rotation
Turning of body part on its own axis
Circumduction
Circular movement from a central point
Pronation
Turning downward
Supination
Turing upward
Eversión
Turning outward
Inversión
Turning inward
Dorsiflexion
Bending backward
Plantar flexión
Bending the sole of the foot
Myo
Muscle
Musculo
Muscle
In o
Fiber
Fasci o
Fascia
Ten o , tendin o
Tendon
Ton o
Tone
Ergo
Work
Kino , kine , kinesio, kineto
Movement
Acetylcholine ACh
Neurotransmitter that stimulates contraction of skeletal muscles
Actin
One of the two contractile proteins in muscles cells the other is myosin
Agonist
The muscles that carries out a given movement , prime mover
Antagonist
The muscles that oppose and agonist it must relax when they agonist contracts