Muscular System Vocabulary
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- Muscles in the group that oppose the action of the prime movers and that must be relaxed so that movement can take place.
- Antagonists
- Flat, thin, fibrous sheet of connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone or other tissues at their origin or insertion.
- Aponeurosis
- Wasting away (degeneration)
- Atrophy
- Sac or cavity lined with a synovial membrane & filled with synovial fluid that reduces friction between tendon & bone, tendon & ligament, or between other structures where friction is likely to occur
- Bursa
- Outermost sheath of connective tissue which surrounds a skeletal muscle
- Epimysium (fascia)
- Lacking tone in muscle; flabby
- Flaccid
- Increase in size of an organ or structure
- Hypertrophy
- within a muscle
- Intramuscular
- Independent of the will
- Involuntary
- A band of strong, fibrous connective tissue connecting the articular ends of bones serving to bind them together and to facilitate or limit motion. ~ 6 month healing time,
- Ligament
- An involuntary, abnormal muscular contraction.
- Muscle Spasm
- System of the human body involving muscles and their attachments that work with the skeletal system to produce movement.
- Muscular System
- Loss of power to contract after prolonged periods of muscle contraction.
- Muscle Fatigue
- The study of muscles
- The study of muscles
- Muscles that are responsible for prime action. Remember that muscles usually function in groups.
- Prime Movers
- Muscles that assist the prime movers by stabilizing the joint.
- Synergists
- A tough cord of dense, white connective tissue that attaches a muscle to another part, and that transmits the force that the muscle exerts. They attach muscle to bone - specifically to the periosteum of the bone
- Tendon
- You control it of your own free will. The opposite of Involuntary.
- Voluntary