CHAPTER 4: Muscular System (4to Tests)

Are the long, slender cells that make up muscle.

Is a band of connective tissue that envelops, separates, or binds together muscle or groups of muscle.

Pertaining to muscle tissue and fascia.

is a narrow band of nonelastic, dense, fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone.

is a sheet-like fibrous connective tissue resembling a flattened tendon that connects muscle together or to bone.

are attached to the bone of the skeleton and make body motions possible.

Are located in the wall of internal organs such as the digestive tract, blood vessels, and ducts leading from glands.

Form the muscular wall of the heart (type of the muscle).

Is the stimulation of the muscle by an impulse transmitted by a motor nerve.

Means pertaining to the relationship between a nerve and muscle.

Is the tightening of a muscle.

Occurs when a muscle returns to its original form.

Is a movement of a limb away from the midline of the body.

Is a movement of a limb toward the midline of the body.

means decreasing the angle between two bones by bending a limb at a joint.

means increasing the angle between two bones or the straightening out of the limb.

Is the extreme or averextension of a limb or body beyond its normal limit.

is the act of raising or lifting a boy part.

is the act of lowering a body part.

is a circular movement around an axis such as the shoulder joint.

is the circular movement at the far end of a limb.

is the act of rotating the arm or the leg so that the palm of the hand or sole of the foot is rurned forward or upward.

is the act of rotating the arm or legs so that the palm of the hand or sole of the foot is turned downward or backward.

is the movement that bends the foot upward at the ankle.

is the movement that bends the foot downward at the ankle.

is where the muscle begins, and it´s located nearest the midline of the body or on a less movable part of the skeleton.

is where the muscle ends by attaching to bone or tendon.

the _______ muscle inserts atone point of insertion into the mastoid process.

the __________ muscle helps bend the neck and rotate the head.

the _____ ______, is a thick, fan-shaped muscle situated on the anterior chest wall.

means toward the side.

the _______ _______ is a large muscle toward the outer side of the leg.

means toward the midline.

the ________ _________ is a muscle toward the midline of the leg.

means slanted or at an angle.

the external ________ and internal ________ muscles have a slanted alignment.

means in straight alignment with the vertical axis of the body; for example: _____ abdominalis and ______ femoris have straight alignment.

is a ring-like muscle that tightly constricts the opening of a passageway.

means inn a crosswise direction; for example ________ abdominalis muscle in the abdomen, which has a crosswise alignment.