Kinesiology Chapter 5: Muscular System Lippert questions with correct answers

Muscle Answer A bundle of elastic tissue that has the ability to contract, producing movement or maintaining the position of a body part. Tendon Answer Fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone, unlike a ligament which connects bone to bone. Musculotendinous sheet Answer The point where the muscle meets tendon. Tenoperiosteal junction Answer The point where tendon meets the bone. Joint Answer Muscles are attached to bones and cross at least one ________. Direction Answer When a muscle contracts, it knows no ________; it simply shortens. Insertion Answer The more movable bone. Origin Answer The more stable bone. Movable, stable Answer The more ________ bone moves toward the more ________ bone. Trunk Answer Origins tend to be closer to the ________.