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| Moving a body part away from the midline of the body. |
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| Moving a body part toward the midline of the body |
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| Moving a body part toward the midline of the body |
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| A process that requires large amounts of oxygen and uses the body's store of glucose to make ATP. |
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| A muscle that produces a movement opposite to the prime mover. Also referred to as the agonist. |
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| A tough, sheet-like structure made of fibrous connective tissue. It typically attaches muscles to other muscles. |
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| Life threatening type of food poisoning that results from eating improperly canned or preserved foods that have been contaminated with bacterium Clostridium botulinum. |
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| Moving a body part in a circle; for example, moving your arm in a circular motion. |
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| A protein that stores extra phosphate groups. |
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| Lowering a body part; for example, lowering your shoulders. |
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| Lifting a body part; for example, elevating your shoulders as in a shrugging expression |
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| Connective tissue that surrounds the individual muscle cells. |
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| A thin covering that is just deep to the fascia of a muscle. It surrounds the enitre muscle. |
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| Turning the sole of the foot laterally. |
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| Straightening a body part or increasing the angle of a joint. |
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| The structure that covers entire skeletal muscles and separates them from each other. |
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| Sections of a muscle divided by connective tissue called perimysium. |
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| A fairly common condition that results in chronic pain primarily in joints, muscles, and tendons. |
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| Bending a body part or decreasing the angle of a joint. |
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| Extending a body part past the normal anatomical position. |
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| The site of attachment for the more moveable bone during muscle contraction. |
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| disk that connects groups of cardiac muscles. This disc allows the fibers in that group to contract and relax together. |
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| Turning the sole of the foot medially. |
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| Found in the iris of the eye and the walls of blood vessels. This muscle contracts in response to neurotransmitters and hormones. |
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| When muscle has lost its ability to contract. |
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| Muscle cells that are called fibers because of their long lengths. |
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| A condition in which affected persons experience muscle weakness. |
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| Muscle cells; also called muscle fibers. |
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| The muscle pigment which stores extra oxygen and gives the muscle its pinkish color. |
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| A group of inherited disorders characterized by muscle weakness and a loss of muscle tissue. |
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| A neurotransmitter relased by sympathetic neurons onto organs and glands for fight-or-flight (stressful) situations. |
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| The site of attachment for the less moveable bone during muscle contraction. |
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| When skeletal muscle is used strenuously for several minutes. |
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| The connective tissue that divides a muscle into sections. |
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| A rhythmic contraction that pushes substances through tubes of the body, such as in the lower two-thirds of the esophagus or in the fallopian tubes. |
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| The muscle which is responsible for most of the movement when a movement uses a group of muscles. |
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| Turning the palm of the hand down or lying face down. |
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| Moving a body part anteriorly. |
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| Moving a body part posteriorly. |
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| A condition in which the kidneys have been damaged in relation to serious muscle injuries. |
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| twisting a body part; for example, turning your head from side to side. |
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| A valvle-like structure formed from circular bands of muscle. Sphincters are located around various body openings and passages. |
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| Turning the palm of the hand up or lying face up. |
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| The muscles that help the prime mover by stabilizing joints. |
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| A tough, cord-like structure made of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles to bones. |
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| The painful inflammation of a tendon as well as of the tendon-muscle attachment to a bone. |
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| Commonly known as lockjaw. A disease caused by clostridium tetani living in the soil and water. |
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| Known as wry neck. This disease is a cervical deformity in which the head bends toward the affected side while the chin rotates to the opposite side |
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| An infection caused by parasites. |
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| A type of smooth muscle containing sheets of muscle cells that closely contact each other.It is found in the walls of hollow organs such as the stomach, intestines, bladder, and uterus. |
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