Comprehensize Flashcards
(40 cards)
Which plane divides the body into front and back portion
Frontal plane
_____ is the name of the region of the body that makes up the arm
Brachial
The meaning of _____ is of, relating to, or situated in the arm or an armlike process
BRACHIAL
Proximal
Nearer to the attachment of the lim
Situated away from the center of the body or from the point of attachment
Distal
A movement in which you move a limb towards the midline describes which range of motion
Addiction
are biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions in living organisms by lowering activation energy
Enzymes
is that it counteracts a change, bringing the value of a parameter—such as temperature or blood sugar—back towards it set point
Negative feedback loop
A molecule that freely disassociates with water, resulting in a low pH solution, is best described as a(n) _____
acid
The molecule that freely dissociates with water resulting in a low pH solution is best described as an
Acid
The _____________ can best be described as a phospholipid bilayer that controls the influx and efflux of chemicals within the cell
plasma membrane
O
The epidermis is subdivided into five large
Stratum basale
Stratum spinosum
Stratum granulosum
Stratum lucidum
Stratum corneum
A muscle that provides the major force for producing aspecific movement
Agonist muscles
In an ______ contraction intentional mean to same
isotonic
An _______ is when a muscle produces limb motion by shortening
isotonic contraction
The moving end of muscle whose tendon attaches to bone or other structures is called the
Insertion
The_____ and______ are the primary agonist muscle group involved in the action of standing on tiptoes
Gastrocnemius, soleus
The______ is the functional, contractile unit of a muscle fiber
sarcomere
Striations can be seen in_____ and________ muscle
skeletal, cardiac
Striated muscle tissue is a muscle tissue that features repeating functional units called
sarcomeres
____is the molecule that blocks the actin-myosin binding site in a resting muscle
Tropomyosin
____is the molecule that blocks the actin-myosin binding site in a resting muscle
Tropomyosin
__________ is released into the neuromuscular junction that will subsequently result in a muscle contraction
Acetylcholine