Muscular System Questions with Detailed Verified Answers for Accuracy

Muscular System Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers for Accuracy
abduction

✓✓ movement of a limb AWAY from the midline of the body


adduction

✓✓ movement of a limb TOWARD the midline of the body


circumduction

✓✓ is the circular movement of a limb at the far end


rotation

✓✓ circular movement around an axis or central line


oblique

✓✓ means slanted or at an angle


pronation

✓✓ is the act of rotating the arm or leg so that the palm of the
hand or sole of the foot is turned downward or backward


sphincter

✓✓ is a ring-like muscle that tightly constricts the opening of a
passageway


Over 600

✓✓ How many muscles are in the body?


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, Skeletal muscle appearance

✓✓ striped or striated


voluntary muscle

✓✓ skeletal muscle


skeletal muscle

✓✓ muscle that makes the body move


DTR

✓✓ deep tendon reflex, tested with a reflex hammer


involuntary muscle

✓✓ smooth muscle, which cannot be controlled consciously


internal muscles

✓✓ smooth muscle


Cardiac muscle is also known as

✓✓ myocardium


myocardium

✓✓ striped appearance but functions as smooth muscle


antagonistic

✓✓ opposing


muscle contraction


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