Exam 28: Muscle and Movement: A Comprehensive Guide to Anatomy and Conditions

Incoordination of the muscles during movement is known as:

A flat,wide,white fibrous sheet of connective tissue that attaches a flat muscle to a bone or to deep muscles is known as a/an:

Abnormally slow skeletal muscle movements associated with Parkinson's disease are known as:

The combining form pronat/o- means :

A genetic disorder that causes progressive weakness as the muscle tissue turns to fat is known as:

A fluid-filled sac that decreases friction where a tendon rubs against a bone near a synovial joint is called a/an:

Which of the following words is misspelled?

Skeletal muscles are also known as ____________ muscles.

An athletic injury that had pain and inflammation in the flexor muscles over the anterior tibia would be located in the:

Which medical word means muscle wasting?

The ____________ is the beginning of a muscle where it is attached to a stationary or nearly stationary bone of the skeleton.

The intercostal muscles assist with what activity?

Pain at specific trigger points along the neck and back is associated with the condition of ____________.

Straightening and extending a joint to increase the angle between two bones or two body parts is called ____________.

Polymyalgia is a condition of pain in many muscles.

Skeletal muscles are voluntary muscles.

An ____________ is a flat,wide,white fibrous sheet of connective tissue,sometimes composed of several tendons,that attaches a flat muscle to a bone or to other,deeper muscles.

Pronation means to turn the palm of the hand upward; supination means to turn the palm of the hand down.

The muscle in the lateral shoulder,which is shaped like a triangle and raises and lowers the arm,is called the ____________ muscle.

Thenar is an adjective that refers to the leg.