Word Building Flashcards
Tendon
A cord like, nonelastic, white fibrous bands of connective tissue that connects muscle to bone
What are the three types of muscle?
Skeletal muscle,cardiac muscle,smooth muscle.
Bursa
A thin sack of synovial membrane filled with synovial fluid acts as a cushion to reduce friction were a tendon rubs against the bone in a joint.
Flexion
Bending a joint to decrease the angle between two bones or two body parts
Extension
Straightening and extending a joint to increase the angle between two bones or two body parts
Abduction
Moving a body part away from the midline
Adduction
Moving the body part toward the midline
Rotation
Moving a body part around its axis
Supination
Turn in the palm of the hand anteriorly or upward
Pronation
Turn in the palm of the hand downward
Eversion
Turn in a body part outward and toward the side
Inversion
Turning a body part inward
Atrophy
Loss of the muscle bulk in one or more muscles. Also known as muscle wasting.
Avulsion
Condition in which a muscle tears away from the tendon or the tendon tears away from the bone
Contracture
Abnormal, fixed position in which the muscle is permanently flexed