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28 Cards in this Set
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Abdominal muscles |
Your abs |
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Abduction |
The movement of a limb away from the midline of the body |
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Adduction |
Movement of a body part toward the middle |
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Adhesion |
Healing of a wound |
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Analgesic |
Drug that relives pain |
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Antagonist |
The muscle that cause pain |
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Anti inflammatory |
To bring swelling down
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Atrophy |
Shrinking of a muscle |
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Automaticity |
Functions on its own |
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Biceps brachii |
That flexes the arm |
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Biceps femoris |
The muscles that extends the thighs and flexes them |
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Cardiac muscles |
A type of muscle in the heart |
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Ct computerized tomography |
Takes images of a specific sections of a body part |
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Contractility |
The ability to contract a muscle |
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Deltoid |
The muscle of the external shoulder |
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Depression |
The lowering of a body part |
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Dorsiflexion |
Movement of the heel of your foot |
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Elasticity |
Being able to rest after to stretching muscle wise |
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Elevation |
Easing a body part |
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Endomysium |
The inner most layer around a muscle fiber |
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Epimysium |
Th outermost layer of a muscle fiber |
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Eversion |
The turning of the heel outward |
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Excitability |
The ability to respond to stimuli |
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Extensivibilty |
The ability to stretch a skeleton muscle |
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Extension |
The straightening of a limb |
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Fascia |
The stuff that encloses the fibrous tissue |
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Flex ion |
The movement of two body surfaces towards each other |
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Frontslis |
The muscle of the forehead |
