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Worksheets2.02 Muscle System Vocabulary
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
movement away from the midline
abduction
adduction
aerobic
anaerobic
movement toward the midline
abduction
adduction
aerobic
anearobic
requires oxygen
abduction
adduction
aerobic
anaerobic
requires no oxygen
abduction
adduction
aerobic
anaerobic
contracts the muscle to cause movement
antagonist
agonist
adduction
abduction
produces movement in the opposite direction of prime mover
antagonist
agonist
aerobic
anaerobic
circular movement of a joint
inversion
dilate
eversion
circumduction
become wider, larger or more open
circumduction
eversion
dilate
origin
turn outward
eversion
inversion
flexion
extension
act of increasing the angle between two bones, straightening motion
eversion
inversion
extension
flexion
thin flexible band of connective tissue that holds, separates or binds muscles
act of decreasing the angle between two bones, bending motion
attachment for skeletal muscle to bone after crossing over a joint to allow
movement during muscle contraction
insertion
origin
flexion
extension
turn inward
extension
flexion
eversion
inversion
contraction of a muscle, but the joint does not move
isotonic
isometric
origin
dilate
maintains constant tension as the muscle changes length
Isometric
Concentric
Isotonic
Eccentric
attachment site for skeletal muscle to bone that does not move during muscle
contraction
origin
insertion
flexion
extension
deficiency of oxygen from physical activity
prime mover
oxygen debt
produces movement of a muscle in a single direction
striated
smooth
prime mover
secondary mover
rotation of the hand and forearm so that the palm faces downward
supination
eversion
inversion
pronation
movement that allows a bone to move around a central axis
pronation
rotation
supination
maturation
muscle tissue with repeating sarcomeres giving a striped appearance
smooth
cardiac
striated
non-striated
palm facing up or when walking the weight is on the outside of the foot
pronation
supination
sublimation
animation
muscles that help support a joint
synergists
Agonist
antagonist
isotonic
