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2.02 Muscle System Vocabulary

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

movement away from the midline

a)

abduction

b)

adduction

c)

aerobic

d)

anaerobic

2.

movement toward the midline

a)

abduction

b)

adduction

c)

aerobic

d)

anearobic

3.

requires oxygen

a)

abduction

b)

adduction

c)

aerobic

d)

anaerobic

4.

requires no oxygen

a)

abduction

b)

adduction

c)

aerobic

d)

anaerobic

5.

contracts the muscle to cause movement

a)

antagonist

b)

agonist

c)

adduction

d)

abduction

6.

produces movement in the opposite direction of prime mover

a)

antagonist

b)

agonist

c)

aerobic

d)

anaerobic

7.

circular movement of a joint

a)

inversion

b)

dilate

c)

eversion

d)

circumduction

8.

become wider, larger or more open

a)

circumduction

b)

eversion

c)

dilate

d)

origin

9.

turn outward

a)

eversion

b)

inversion

c)

flexion

d)

extension

10.

act of increasing the angle between two bones, straightening motion

a)

eversion

b)

inversion

c)

extension

d)

flexion

11.

thin flexible band of connective tissue that holds, separates or binds muscles

a)
ligament
b)
tendon
c)
cartilage
d)
fascia
12.

act of decreasing the angle between two bones, bending motion

a)
Extension
b)
Abduction
c)
Adduction
d)
Flexion
13.

attachment for skeletal muscle to bone after crossing over a joint to allow

movement during muscle contraction

a)

insertion

b)

origin

c)

flexion

d)

extension

14.

turn inward

a)

extension

b)

flexion

c)

eversion

d)

inversion

15.

contraction of a muscle, but the joint does not move

a)

isotonic

b)

isometric

c)

origin

d)

dilate

16.

maintains constant tension as the muscle changes length

a)

Isometric

b)

Concentric

c)

Isotonic

d)

Eccentric

17.

attachment site for skeletal muscle to bone that does not move during muscle

contraction

a)

origin

b)

insertion

c)

flexion

d)

extension

18.

deficiency of oxygen from physical activity

a)

prime mover

b)

oxygen debt

c)
Hyperoxia
d)
Anemia
19.

produces movement of a muscle in a single direction

a)

striated

b)

smooth

c)

prime mover

d)

secondary mover

20.

rotation of the hand and forearm so that the palm faces downward

a)

supination

b)

eversion

c)

inversion

d)

pronation

21.

movement that allows a bone to move around a central axis

a)

pronation

b)

rotation

c)

supination

d)

maturation

22.

muscle tissue with repeating sarcomeres giving a striped appearance

a)

smooth

b)

cardiac

c)

striated

d)

non-striated

23.

palm facing up or when walking the weight is on the outside of the foot

a)

pronation

b)

supination

c)

sublimation

d)

animation

24.

muscles that help support a joint

a)

synergists

b)

Agonist

c)

antagonist

d)

isotonic