Lab #5 Muscles I Flashcards
(49 cards)
Skeletal muscle cells
Cardiac muscle cells
Intercalated discs
Smooth muscle cells
Flexion “decreasing angle of the joint”
Extension “increasing angle of the joint”
Abduction “move away from body”
Adduction “move back to body”
Circumduction “circular motions”
Elevation “Lift up”
Depression “lower down”
protraction “shoulder/jaw and forward point out”
retraction “shoulder/jaw pull back”
medial (internal) rotation “turn inward”
lateral (external) rotation “turn outward”
pronation “pour out M”
supination “holding bowl of soul U”
opposition “reaching other fingers “
reposition “pulling back from reaching other fingers”
left and right rotation
Lateral flexion “bending from side to side”
dorsiflexion “point to knee V”
plantar flexion “point to toes /”
inversion “pointing towards the other feet”
