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Fascia
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Sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and seperates muscles or groups of muscles
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Myofascial - My/o/fasci/al
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Means pertaining to muscle tissue and facia
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Muscle Fibers
My/o |
Are the long, slender cells that make up muscles
my/o - means muscle |
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Tendons
ten/o, tend/o, tendin /0 |
Tendons - are narrow band of nonelastic, dense, fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone.
Tendons |
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Three types of Muscles
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Skeletal, smooth, myocardial
Skeletal -muscles are attached to bones Smooth -muscles are located in the walls of internal organs & control the flow of fluids through these structures Myocardial- forms the muscular walls of the heart |
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Muscle innervation
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Is the stimulation of a muscle by an impulse transmitted by a motor nerve. when the stimulation stops the muscles stops.
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Neuromuscular
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Means pertaining to the relationship between nerve and muscle
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Antagonistic Muscle Pairs
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Means working in opposition to each other, when one muscle contracts the other relaxes
Contraction- is tightening of a muscle, it becomes shorter, thinner and enlarged. Relaxation- occurs when a muscle returns to its original form becomes longer and thinner and is know longer enlarge. |
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Abduction
ab/duct/ion abductor |
Movement of the limb away from the midline
ab- / means away duct / means to lead - ion / means action abductor - is a muscle that moves a part aways form the midline |
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Adduction
ad/duct/ion adductor |
Movement of limb towards the midline
ad- / means towards duct / means to lead - ion / means action adductor - is a muscle that moves a part towards the midline |
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Flexion
flex/ion flexor |
Means decresing the angle between two bones by bending a limb at a joint.
flex / means to bend -ion / means action flexor - is a muscle that bends a limb at a joint |
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Extension
ex/tens/ion extensor |
Means increasing the angle between two bones or the straightening of a limb
ex-away from tens-to stretch out -ion/action extensor- is a muscle that straightens a limb at a joint |
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Hyperextension
hyper/ex/tens/ion |
Is the extreme or overextension of a limb or body part beyond its limits.
hyper/ excessive ex-/ away from tens-/ to stretch out -ion/action |
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Elevation/
levator/ |
Is the act of raising or lifting a body part; such as raising the ribs when breathing ..
levator -is a muscle that raises a body part |
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Depression/
depressor/ |
Is the act of lowering a body part, such as lowering the ribs when breathing out
depressor - is a muscle that lowers the body part |
