Chapter 4 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Abduction
Moves arm away from the body
Adduction
Moves arm toward the body
Extension
Increases the angle of the elbow
Flexion
Decreases the angle of the elbow
Pronation
Turning the hand so the palm is inward
Supination
Turning the arm so the palm is facing outward
Dorsiflexion
Bends the foot upward at the ankle
Plantar flexion
Bends the foot downward at the ankle
Where the muscle begins
Origin
Cleid/o
Collar bone
Stern/o
Breast bone
Slanted or at an angle
Oblique
like muscle that tightly constricts the opening of a passageway
Sphincter
Debilitating
A condition causing weakness
Ten/o
Tendon
rhabdomy/o
Striated muscle
-lysis
Breakdown
tax
Coordination
clon
Violent action
kines
Movement
-asthenia
Weakness or lack of strength
-paresis
Partial or complete paralysis
hemi-
Half
-plegia
Paralysis