Muscle Terminology

Question 1

Five Functions of Muscle

Answer 1

1. Motion 2. Movement of body fluids 3. Regulation of body fluids 4. Body stability 5. Heat Production (85%)

Question 2

3 Types of Muscle Tissue

Answer 2

Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac

Question 3

Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle

Answer 3

Attach to the bones of the skeleton, voluntary, striated (striped), Peripherally located nuclei

Question 4

Smooth Muscle

Answer 4

Visceral muscle, no striations, centrally located nuclei, involuntary (automatic)

Question 5

Cardiac Muscle

Answer 5

heart muscle, involuntary, striated and has intercalated disks

Question 6

Trapezius

Answer 6

Trapezoid

Question 7

rhomboideus

Answer 7

Thomboid

Question 8

Deltoid

Answer 8

Delta shaped or triangular

Question 9

Biceps

Answer 9

Two heads

Question 10

Intercostal

Answer 10

Between the ribs

Question 11

Pectoralis

Answer 11

Chest

Question 12

Temporalis

Answer 12

Temporal bone

Question 13

Zygomaticus

Answer 13

Zygmoatic bone (Cheek bone)

Question 14

Sternohyoid

Answer 14

Sternum - origin, hyoid = insertion

Question 15

Maximus

Answer 15

larger or largest

Question 16

Minimus

Answer 16

smaller or smallest

Question 17

Brevis

Answer 17

short

Question 18

Longus

Answer 18

Long

Question 19

Oblique

Answer 19

Diagonal

Question 20

Rectus

Answer 20

Straight

Question 21

Transverse

Answer 21

Across

Question 22

Arthralgia

Answer 22

Pain in the joints

Question 23

Atrophy

Answer 23

Wasting away

Question 24

Contraction

Answer 24

Reduction in size

Question 25

Contracture

Answer 25

abnormal bending of a joint in a fixed position

Question 26

Fascia

Answer 26

Thin sheets of fibrous connective tissue that penetrate and cover the entire muscle

Question 27

Tendon

Answer 27

CT (Connective tissue) attaches muscle to bone

Question 28

Ligament

Answer 28

Attaches bone to bone

Question 29

Insertion

Answer 29

Point of muscle attachment to a bone that moves

Question 30

Origin

Answer 30

Point of muscle attachment to a bone that's less moveable

Question 31

Subluxation

Answer 31

Partial dislocation

Question 32

Sprain

Answer 32

tearing injury to ligament

Question 33

Strain

Answer 33

tearing injury to muscle

Question 34

Synovial fluid

Answer 34

thick, lubricating fluid in synovial joints

Question 35

Bursa

Answer 35

Sac that holds synovial fluid

Question 36

IM

Answer 36

intramuscular

Question 37

DIP

Answer 37

Distal interphalangeal joint

Question 38

PIP

Answer 38

Proximal interphalangeal joint

Question 39

DTR

Answer 39

Deep tendon reflexes

Question 40

EMG

Answer 40

electromyography

Question 41

sed rate

Answer 41

sedimentation rate

Question 42

Flexion

Answer 42

Bending motion, decreases the angle between two joints

Question 43

Extension

Answer 43

Straightening motion, increases the angle between two joints

Question 44

Adduction

Answer 44

adding to the midline

Question 45

Abduction

Answer 45

moving away from the midline

Question 46

Supination

Answer 46

Turning the palm up or forward

Question 47

Pronation

Answer 47

turning the palm down or backward

Question 48

Dorsiflexion

Answer 48

Foot decreases the angle between the leg & the top of the foot

Question 49

Plantar flexion

Answer 49

Foot increases the angle between the leg & the top of foot

Question 50

Ankylosing spondylitis

Answer 50

Arthritis affectint the vertebral column causing deformities of the spine

Question 51

Muscular dystrophy - MD

Answer 51

weakness and degeneration of the muscle without nerve degeneration

Question 52

Bunion (hallux valgus)

Answer 52

abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe (big toe)

Question 53

Ganglion

Answer 53

Cystic tumor on a tendon, usually on the back of the wrist

Question 54

Gout

Answer 54

form of acute arthritis, inflammation of the irst metatarsal joint (great toe)

Question 55

Herniated nucleus pulposus

Answer 55

Slipped disk

Question 56

Lyme disease

Answer 56

acute, recurrent inflammatory infection transmitted through the bit of an infected deer tick

Question 57

Rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 57

chronic, systemic inflamatory joint disease - mainly small joints (hands & feet)

Question 58

Plantar Fasciitis

Answer 58

Inflammated fascia on the plantar (bottom) side of foot

Question 59

Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis

Answer 59

rest, evaluation of shoes and activites as well as NSAIS's

Question 60

NSAID's

Answer 60

Nonsteroidal anti inflamitory drugs

Question 61

Arthrocentesis

Answer 61

Puncture of a joint with a needle to extract for analysis

Question 62

Arthroplasty

Answer 62

Reconstruction or replacement of a joint

Question 63

Arthroscopy

Answer 63

Looking at the interior of a joint with a scope

Question 64

Rheumatoid factor

Answer 64

Blood test, measures the unusal antibodies that develop in a number of CT (Connective Tissue) diseases

Question 65

Sed rate

Answer 65

blood test that measures the rate at which RBC (red blood cells) settle in the bottom of a test tube filled with unclotted blood