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42 Cards in this Set
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origin
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attachment of muscle on less moveable bone
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insertion
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attachment of muscle on more moveable bone
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tendon
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band of dense regular CT connecting muscle to bone or skin
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aponeurosis
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flat sheet-like tendon
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flexion
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decrease in angle between two bones
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extension
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increasing the angle between two bones
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Abduction
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away from body midline
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Adduction
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toward body midline
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Protraction
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moving body part in anterior direction
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Retraction
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moving body part in posterior direction
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Elevation
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moving body part in superior direction
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Depression
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moving body part in posterior direction
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Rotation
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turning a bone around its own long axis
-medial rotation: rotating toward midsagittal plane -lateral rotation: rotating away from midsagittal plane |
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Supination
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rotating forearm laterally so palm faces anterior
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Pronation
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rotating forearm medially so palm faces posteriorly
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Inversion
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turning sole of foot medially
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Eversion
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turning sole of foot laterally
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Dorsiflexion
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lifting foot so its superior surface approaches anterior leg
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Plantar flexion
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pointing foot/ankle downward
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Ispilateral
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on the same side
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Contralateral
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on opposite side
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Synergist
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muscle that aids action of another
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Antagonist
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muscle that opposed or resists the action of another
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Cervical
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neck
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Cephalic
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head
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Cardi
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heart
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Epi
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Over
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Mediastinum
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area of thoracic cavity between the two lungs
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Myo
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muscle
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Pariet
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wall
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Pulm
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lung
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viscer
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organ
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antecubital
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area anterior to elbow
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axillary
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armpit
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palmar
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anterior surface of hand overlying metacarpal bones
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carpi
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wrist
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thoracic
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chest
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vagus nerve
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between internal jugular vein and common carotid down to heart
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left recurrent laryngeal nerve
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branches off vagus nerve and travels under that aortic arch
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Phrenic nerve
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lateral to vagus nerve, travels over anterior scalene to diaphragm
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Intercostal nerve
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from thoracic spinal nerve; most posterior; VeinArteryNerve
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Accessory nerve
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travels over SCM and trapezius
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