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45 Cards in this Set
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Innervation |
Process of a nerve stimulating a muscle to contract |
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Contraction |
Process of a muscle becoming shorter and tighter; caused by innervation |
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Relaxation |
Process of a muscle becoming longer and looser; caused by lack of innervation |
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Action |
Movement caused by a muscle contraction |
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Proximal attachment (PA) |
Location where the proximal end of the muscle is attached; origin; acts as an anchor to create movement at the distal end of a muscle during contraction |
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Distal attachment (DA) |
Location where the distal end of the muscle is attached; insertion; this end of a muscle typically moves most during contraction |
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Tendon |
Strong fibrous tissue that attaches muscle to bone |
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Agonist |
A muscle that produces a desired action |
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Antagonist |
Term used to describe a muscle that causes an opposite (inhibitory) action compared to another muscle |
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Synergist |
A muscle that causes a same action compared to another muscle |
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Uniarticulate |
Muscle that spans (crosses) one joint only |
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Biarticulate |
Muscle that spans (crosses) two joints only |
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Multiarticulate |
Muscle that spans (crosses) three or more joints |
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Mastication |
Chewing |
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Retract |
Posterior movement |
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Protract |
Anterior movement |
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Sterno |
Pertaining to the sternum |
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Cleido |
Pertaining to the clavicle |
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Mastoid |
Pertaining to the mastoid process |
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Rectus |
Straight |
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Oblique |
Slanting |
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Transverse |
Across |
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Flexion |
Movement of a joint that decreases the angle btw the respective bones and reference point |
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Brachi |
Arm |
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Retinacula |
Strong, tight, fibrous bands of tissue that hold down tendons at major joints to keep them from bowstringing |
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Hypo |
Below |
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Extension |
Movement of a joint that decreases the angle btw the respective bones and reference point |
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Adduction |
Movement toward the midsagttial plane |
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Abduction |
Movement away from the midsagittal plane |
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Rhomboid |
Resembling a rhombus or quadrilateral in shape |
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Serratus |
Resembling the shape of a saw |
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Rotator cuff |
Teres minor, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis |
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Deltoid |
Triangular |
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Bi |
Two |
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Ceph |
Head |
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Dorsiflexion |
Movement at the ankle that points the foot upward |
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Plantar flexion |
Movement at the ankle that points the foot downward |
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Inversion |
Turning inward |
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Eversion |
Turning outward |
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Muscles that make the iliopsoas |
Psoas major Iliacus (Pass under inguinal ligament) |
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Tensor fasciae latae attaches distally to the |
Iliotibal tract, a strong fibrous reinforcement of the fascia lata |
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Fascia lata |
Deep fascia of the thigh that encloses the muscles of the thigh |
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Calcaneal tendon muscles |
Gastocnemius Soleus |
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Hallux |
Big toe |
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When muscles that adduct the thigh are pulled it is called a |
Groin pull |