Muscular System word building/ vocab
1. Cell of fibrous tissue
______fibrocyte___________
2. Structure of muscle of the heart
_________cardium_________
3. Tumor of fascia (connective tissue)
______fascioma___________
4. Suturing of smooth muscle
_______leiomyorrhaphy_
5. Pertaining to muscle
_____muscular___________
6. Incision in the heart
____cardiotomy_________
7. Abnormal condition with fibrous tissue
____fibrosis_____________
8. Rupture of a tendon
_______tendorrhaphy__
9. Without development
_________atrophy________
10. Act of leading away
____abduction__________
11. Two headed
_______biceps___________
12. Disease of the heart
_______cardiopathy____
13. Instrument to cut muscle
____myotome___________
14. Paralysis of half the body
______hemiplegia______
15. Within the muscle
______intramuscular__
16. Four heads
___quadriceps________
17. Pain in a muscle
____myalgia or myodynia___
18. Paralysis of four limbs
____quadriplegia_____
19. Inflammation of a tendon
____tendinitis_________
20. Act of leading towards
______adduction_______
21. Paralysis of smooth muscle
______leiomyoplegia__
22. Instrument to cut into the heart
______cardiotome____
23. Excessive development
_____hypertrophy____
24. Three heads
_____triceps_______
25. Inflammation of fascia
______fasciitis_____
26. Incision of a tendon
____tendotomy OR tendinotomy_
27. Production of muscle
__musculogenesis_
28. Surgical repair of fascia
_____fasciorrhexis__
29. Disease of muscle
___myopathy________
30. Muscle cell
______myocyte_______
31. Surgical repair of smooth muscle
_______leiomyoplasty___
32.
Fill in the blanks with the proper term.
1. One of the functions of the muscular system is _____thermogenesis_______.
2. The ___origin_______ of a muscle is more proximal and more stable than the
________insertion______.
3. Smooth muscle is _______involuntary____________ and non-striated.
4. Skeletal muscles are said to be ___striated________ when looking at them
under a microscope.
5. Skeletal muscles are the only muscles you have to think about to create
movement, so they are ____voluntary____ muscles.
6. When doing a biceps curl (elbow flexion), the biceps does the work so it is
the __agonist_____, while the triceps is the _antagonist.
7. A muscle that helps do a movement is called the ___synergist__.
8. A doctor might request a ______MRI_______ if you injure a muscle or joint.