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Anthrology, And Myology Flashcards

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The study of joints is known as this

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What is anthrology

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This is defined as a point of contact between two or more bones or between cartilage and bones

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What is articulation a.k.a. joint

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This is known as the space between articulating bones.

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What is the synovial cavity, a.k.a. joint cavity.

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In this type of articulation, the bones are completely fused together, and they’re held together by fibrous connective tissue, and as such, there’s no space of movement between these bones, because there is no synovial cavity

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What are synarthrosis (immovable) articulations?

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In this type of articulation, the bones involved have a limited flexibility, and there is no synovial cavity however, there is a piece of fibrous cartilage that separates the bones

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What is amphiarthrosis (slightly movable) articulation?

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With this type of articulation, the bones involved can move quite a bit and the bones to have a synovial cavity, and this involves numerous joints with in the body.

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What is diarthrosis (freely movable) articulation?

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The word for the study of muscles

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What is myology?

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________ move body parts by contracting at the joints, a.k.a. articulation

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What are muscles?

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The attachment of a muscle tendon to the stationary mass of movable bone is called this

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What is the tendon of origin?

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The attachment of the other muscle of the tendon to the movable or more movable bone is called this

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What is the tendon of insertion?

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The main fleshy portion of the muscle between the tendon of origin and the tendon of insertion is called this…

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What is the belly of the muscle

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This connects muscle to bone (dense connective tissue)

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What is the tendon?

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A broad flat tendon connecting a muscle to bone or muscle to muscle (dense connective tissue)

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 What is aponeurosis?

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Shape, location, direction, number of divisions, attachments, superficial deep, action or movement, are the eight ways name this…

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What are skeletal muscles?

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The trapezius of the back is shaped like a trapezoid, the deltoid is shaped like a triangle. These are two examples of THIS particular way to name a skeletal muscle….

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What is by shape?

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Temporalis muscle is located near the temporal bone. Tibalis anterior is located near the tibia bone. This is an example of THIS one (of eight) ways to name a skeletal muscle

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What is by location?

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Rectus muscle fibers run parallel to the midline of the body, transverse muscle fibers run perpendicular to the midline of the body; oblique muscle fibers run diagonally to the midline of the body and all are an example of this particular way to name a skeletal muscle…

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What is by direction (of the muscle fibers)?

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The glutinous Maximus, gluteus minimus, the adductor longus, and the adductor brevis, are examples of this particular way in which we name this type of skeletal muscle…

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What is by size?

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The biceps brachii, the tricep brachii, and the quadriceps femoris are examples of this way, in which we name skeletal muscles

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What is by number of divisions (heads)?

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The sternocleidomastoid, and the stylohyoid, are two examples of this way in which we name skeletal muscles

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What is by attachments, (origins, and insertions)?

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The internal obliques and external obliques are an example of this way, in which we name skeletal muscles

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What is by superficial or deep?

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This action decreases the angle at an articulation

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What is flexion (the muscles would be referred to as flexors)

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This action increases the angle at an articulation

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What is an extension? (The muscles are called Extensors)

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This action, moves an extremely away from the midline of the body

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What is abduction? (the muscles are called abductors.)

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This action moves an extremity towards the midline of the body

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What is adduction (the muscles would be called adductors)

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This actually rotates the forearm, so the palm of the hand this is superiorly or anteriorly

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What is supination ((the muscles are supinators)

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This action rotates the forearm, so the palm of the hand faces interiorly and posteriorly

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What is pronation (the muscles are called pronators)

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This action moves a part of body superiorly

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What is elevation (the muscles are called levators)

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This action moves a body part inferiorly

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What is depression? The muscles are called depressors

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This action reduces the size of an opening or passage of the body or blood vessel

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What is constriction (the muscles are called sphincters)

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This action increases the size of a body opening or passage of the body or blood vessels

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What is dilation (the muscles are called sphincters)

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This action turns the foot outwards at the ankle

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What is eversion? (This is literally movement of soles laterally - soles of the feet face away from each other.)

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This action turns the foot inwards at the ankle

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What is inversion? (this movement of soles in medially - soles of feet, face away from each other.)

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This action is the forward movement of a body part

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What is protraction i.e. moving your mandible or shoulder forward

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This action is the backwards movement of a body part

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What is retraction i.e. moving your mandible or shoulder backward?

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This action is movement of a bone around its own axis with no other movement

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What is circumduction I.e turning your head from side to side

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This action is swinging of a limb in a circular movement

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What is rotation?
i.e. rotating your entire arm

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These muscles are circular muscles that constrict an office and act as a valve to guard body openings. Examples include the Orbicularis Oris muscle, the orbicularis oculi muscle, and the external anal ______________.

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What are the sphincter muscles?

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This muscle is actually made up of two muscles that are connected to each other via a strong aponeurosis, called the galea aponeurotica a.k.a. the epicranial aponeurosis

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What are The muscles of the head?

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These muscles include the platysma, omohyoid and the sternocleidomastoid muscles

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What are muscles of the neck?

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Muscles of the back muscles of the chest, muscles of the diaphragm are all known as muscles of this general part of the body

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What are muscles of the trunk?

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Trapezius and Latissimus Doris are muscles of this location

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What are muscles of the back?

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The pectoralis major, the pectoralis minor, the external intercostals, and the internal intercostals, are all muscles located in this region of the body

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What are muscles of the chest?

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This muscle separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity

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What is the diaphragm muscle a.k.a. the phrenic muscle

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This muscle is known as the main muscle of respiration. It is dome shape and has three openings.

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What is the diaphragm a.k.a. the phrenic?

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This orfice has the aorta, the azygos and the hemiazygos veins which all pass through it

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What is the aortic orfice….

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This structure has the vagus nerve and the esophagus passing through it

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What is the esophageal orifice?

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This structure has the inferior vena cava passing through it…

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What is the inferior vena cava orfice ?

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The muscles of this structure are the external oblique, the internal oblique, the traverses, abdominis, the rectus abdominis and the psoas major

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What is the abdomen?

50
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General Muscles of this general group include the shoulder arm and forearm

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What are muscles of the upper extremity?

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The deltoid and teres major are two muscles of this body part

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What is the shoulder?

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The bicep brachii, the triceps brachii, the coracobeachialis,and The brachialis are all muscles of this body part.

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What is the arm?

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Flexor carpi radialis, the flexor carpi ulnaris , the supinator, the pronator teres, the flexor digitorum superficialis and brachiiradialis, are all muscles of this body part

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What is the forearm?

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This is the one muscle of the lower extremity gluteal region

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What is the infamous gluteus maximus?

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The sartorius, quadriceps femoris, the adductor longus and the adductor Magnus are all muscles within this lower extremity.

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What is the thigh?

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The rectus femoris, vastus lateralis vastus medialis, vastus intermedius are all muscles within this body part.

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What is the anterior thigh quadriceps femoris group known as “quads”?

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The biceps femoris, and the semitendinosis, and the semimembranosus, are all muscles with in this lower extremity

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What is the posterior thigh, hamstring group known as “hammies”

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The tibialis anterior, the Gastrocnemius and the soleus are all muscles located in which body part

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What is the leg?

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This muscle of the leg, forms the bulk of the calf and is the main muscle for walking?

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What is the Gastrocnemius?

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This common tendon in the leg is between the Gastrocnemius and the soleus muscles?

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What is the Calcaneal tendon a.k.a. the Achilles tendon?

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This tendon of the leg is known as the strongest tendon in the whole body

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What is the calcaneal tendon or the Achilles tendon?

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