Muscles Review 1

What does flexion mean?

• Bend or decrease the angle of a joint

• Move towards the midline

• Move away from the midline

• Increase the angle of the joint

What is the term for when muscles shrink and become weaker due to not using them?

• Tendonitis

• Atrophy

• Cramp

• Spasm

The term for the central body of the muscle

• Origin

• Insertion

• Belly

• Antagonist

What motion is this?

• Finger flexion

• Wrist circumduction

• Shoulder extension

• Wrist abduction

What motion is this?

• Wrist flexion

• Finger Flexion

• Finger extension

• Finger abduction

What motion is this?

• Shoulder flexion

• Shoulder extension

• Shoulder abduction

• Shoulder circumduction

What motion is this?

• Hip flexion

• Hip abduction

• Hip adduction

• Hip extension