Anat Labs 5-8

Front 1

Innervation

Back 1

Process of a nerve stimulating a muscle to contract

Front 2

Contraction

Back 2

Process of a muscle becoming shorter and tighter; caused by innervation

Front 3

Relaxation

Back 3

Process of a muscle becoming longer and looser; caused by lack of innervation

Front 4

Action

Back 4

Movement caused by a muscle contraction

Front 5

Proximal attachment (PA)

Back 5

Location where the proximal end of the muscle is attached; origin; acts as an anchor to create movement at the distal end of a muscle during contraction

Front 6

Distal attachment (DA)

Back 6

Location where the distal end of the muscle is attached; insertion; this end of a muscle typically moves most during contraction

Front 7

Tendon

Back 7

Strong fibrous tissue that attaches muscle to bone

Front 8

Agonist

Back 8

A muscle that produces a desired action

Front 9

Antagonist

Back 9

Term used to describe a muscle that causes an opposite (inhibitory) action compared to another muscle

Front 10

Synergist

Back 10

A muscle that causes a same action compared to another muscle

Front 11

Uniarticulate

Back 11

Muscle that spans (crosses) one joint only

Front 12

Biarticulate

Back 12

Muscle that spans (crosses) two joints only

Front 13

Multiarticulate

Back 13

Muscle that spans (crosses) three or more joints

Front 14

Mastication

Back 14

Chewing

Front 15

Retract

Back 15

Posterior movement

Front 16

Protract

Back 16

Anterior movement

Front 17

Sterno

Back 17

Pertaining to the sternum

Front 18

Cleido

Back 18

Pertaining to the clavicle

Front 19

Mastoid

Back 19

Pertaining to the mastoid process

Front 20

Rectus

Back 20

Straight

Front 21

Oblique

Back 21

Slanting

Front 22

Transverse

Back 22

Across

Front 23

Flexion

Back 23

Movement of a joint that decreases the angle btw the respective bones and reference point

Front 24

Brachi

Back 24

Arm

Front 25

Retinacula

Back 25

Strong, tight, fibrous bands of tissue that hold down tendons at major joints to keep them from bowstringing

Front 26

Hypo

Back 26

Below

Front 27

Extension

Back 27

Movement of a joint that decreases the angle btw the respective bones and reference point

Front 28

Adduction

Back 28

Movement toward the midsagttial plane

Front 29

Abduction

Back 29

Movement away from the midsagittal plane

Front 30

Rhomboid

Back 30

Resembling a rhombus or quadrilateral in shape

Front 31

Serratus

Back 31

Resembling the shape of a saw

Front 32

Rotator cuff

Back 32

Teres minor, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis

Front 33

Deltoid

Back 33

Triangular

Front 34

Bi

Back 34

Two

Front 35

Ceph

Back 35

Head

Front 36

Dorsiflexion

Back 36

Movement at the ankle that points the foot upward

Front 37

Plantar flexion

Back 37

Movement at the ankle that points the foot downward

Front 38

Inversion

Back 38

Turning inward

Front 39

Eversion

Back 39

Turning outward

Front 40

Muscles that make the iliopsoas

Back 40

Psoas major

Iliacus

(Pass under inguinal ligament)

Front 41

Tensor fasciae latae attaches distally to the

Back 41

Iliotibal tract, a strong fibrous reinforcement of the fascia lata

Front 42

Fascia lata

Back 42

Deep fascia of the thigh that encloses the muscles of the thigh

Front 43

Calcaneal tendon muscles

Back 43

Gastocnemius

Soleus

Front 44

Hallux

Back 44

Big toe

Front 45

When muscles that adduct the thigh are pulled it is called a

Back 45

Groin pull