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Muscular System Flashcards

1
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Types of muscle

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Voluntary/skeletal, involuntary/smooth, cardiac

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2
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Dense connective tissue

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Ligaments bone to bone
Tendons muscle to bone
Fascia thin membrane of connective tissue surrounding muscle or tendons

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3
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What is a muscle action

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Movement that occurs when muscle contracts

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4
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What is tone

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Continuos and passive partial contraction of the muscles

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5
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What is tension

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Contraction of the skeletal muscles

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6
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What is fatigue

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A lessened capacity for work and reduced efficiency of accomplishment

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7
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What is flexion

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Movement that decrease the angle of the joint

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8
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What is extension

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Movement that increases the angle of the joint

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9
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What is abduction

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To move away from the midline

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10
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What is adduction

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To move towards the midline

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11
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What is supination

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Outward rotation of the forearm causing palms to face anteriorly

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What is pronation

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Inward rotation of forearm causing the radius to cross the ulna and palms face posterior

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13
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What is dorsiflexion

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Flexion of the entire foot superiorly

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14
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What is plantar flexion

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Extension of the foot inferior

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15
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What is eversion

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Movement of the sole of the foot away from the median plane

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16
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What is inversion

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Movement of the sole towards the median plane

17
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What is circumduction

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Circular movement of a body part such as a ball and socket joint

18
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What is fibrositis

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Inflammation of the muscle fibres
Small adhesions between fibres
Chronic condition
Formation of hard nodules

19
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What is cramp

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Involuntary and forcibly contacted muscle that does not relax, Muscles that cross two joints are more prone

20
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What is muscle fatigue

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When energy availability fails to keep pace with demands being placed on the muscle

21
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What is atony

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Muscle that has lost its strenght

22
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What is atrophy

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Wasting or loss of muscle tissue resulting from disease or lack of use

23
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What is myositis

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Swelling of the muscle

24
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What is spasticity

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Nervous system has lost control of the orchestration between contraction and relaxation of muscles, causes muscle stiffening

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