Ch. 4 Muscular System Flashcards
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Fascia
A band of connective tissues the envelopes, separates, or binds together muscle or groups of muscles.
Flexible to allow muscle movement
Tendons
Connect MUSCLES to BONES , narrow band of nonelastic, dense, fibrous connective tissue
Visceral muscle
Aka smooth muscle,
Visceral- relating to internal organs
Found in hollow structures
Muscle innervation
The stimulation of a muscle by an impulse transmitted by a motor nerve (nerves that enable the brain to tell a muscle to move).
Neuromuscular
Pertaining to the relationship between a nerve and a muscle
Abduction
Ab - away from
Duct - to lead
Ion - action
Moving away from the midline
Adduction
Ad- toward
Duct - to lead
Ion - action
Moving toward the midline
Hyperextension
Hyper - over, excessive
Ex - away from
Tens - to stretch
Ion - action
Extreme, overextension beyond the limit
Depression of muscle
Lowers a body part
Ex depressor anguli oris - lowers the corners of the mouth to a frown
Rotation
Circular movement around axis of a joint
Ex shoulder in a circular movement
Circumduction
Circular motion from far end of limb
Ex. Hand in circular motion
Supination
Rotating hand or foot so that palm or sole is up
Think hold a bowl of soup
Pronation
Rotating hands and feet so palms or soles are pointed downward
Dorsiflexion
Pointing the toes upward at ankle
Plantar flexion
Bends foot downward
Origin
Where a muscle begins, located nearest to midline or a less movable part of skeleton
The less movable attachment
Insertion
Where the muscle ends by attaching to a bone or tendon, farthest from midline, more movable
Sternocleidomastoid muscle
Stern/o - breastbone
Cleid/o - collar bone
Mastoid - inserts into mastoid process
Muscle helps bend neck and rotate head
Named for origins and insertion points
Oblique
Slanted, pertaining to direction of muscle fibers
Rectus
Straight in alignment with vertical axis of the body
Sphincter
A ring like muscle that tightly constricts the opening of a passage way, each names for passage involved
Transverse
Muscle fibers that go in a crosswise direction
Ex transverse abdominis goes acrossthe abdomin
Triceps
Tri -three
Ceps - heads
Named bc they are formed by 3 devisions
Deltoid muscles
Located on the shoulder, shaped like an inverted triangle, the Greek letter Delta