Muscular System Flashcards

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1
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Skeletal muscles are under

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Voluntary control

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2
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Supination is the

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Turning of the arm so that the palm faces upwards

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3
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A tendon is a band of

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Nonelastic, fibrous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone

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4
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Tendoesis is the surgical suturing of a

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Tendon to a bone

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5
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Myocardial is the

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Heart muscle

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6
Q

Gluteus maximum is the

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Buttock muscle

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7
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A tendon is a

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Fibrous connective tissue

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8
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A deltoid is the

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Muscular cap of a shoulder

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9
Q

A sphincter is a

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Ring-like muscle

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10
Q

The movement of ankles and knee joints is called

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Flexion

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11
Q

A hamstring is an injury that

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Be a strain / tear on any of the 3 muscles that straighten the hip and bend the knee

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12
Q

A drug that causes temporary paralysis is called a

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Neuromuscluar blocker

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13
Q

Singultus is

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Hiccups

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14
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A ganglion is a

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Harmless cyst that forms outside the wrist

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15
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Pronation is the movement that

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Turns the arm and presses the palm downwards / backwards

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16
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Myorrhexis is the

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Rupture of the muscle

17
Q

Hyperkinesia is the

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Abnormal increase of muscle function and activity

18
Q

Torticollis is

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Stiff neck / wryneck

19
Q

Sarcopenia is

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Muscle degradation that comes with aging

20
Q

Hypotonia is

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Diminished tone of skeletal muscles

21
Q

Adduction is the

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Arm moving inward and towards the body