Exam 7: The Muscular System: Movement for the Journey

Smooth muscle is voluntary muscle.

________ cause pain in the tibia region.

When excess calcium remains in the muscles throughout the body and causes the muscle fibers to shorten (contract) and stiffen the whole body, ________ has set in.

During an asthma attack, the smooth muscles in the airways of the lungs ________, causing the patient to have difficulty getting air in and out.

The toxin used in Botox to treat wrinkles is ________.

Abduction moves a muscle away from midline.

____________ is a condition of muscle wasting.

Extension decreases the angle between 2 bones.

A common running-related inflammatory injury of the extensor muscles and surrounding tissues of the lower legs is called ________.

Blood is pumped through the heart by which type of muscle?

In the bending of the elbow ________.

Ataxia is partial or total loss of the ability to move muscles.

Wasting away or deterioration of muscle is called ________.

Skeletal muscle produces body movement as well as maintains our ____________ as we sit.

Atrophy means muscles ________.

________ is a degenerative disease leading to breakdown and scarring of tendons.

The majority of fibromyalgia patients are ________.

The muscle movement that enables a joint to bend is the ________.

Guillain-Barré syndrome is a disorder of the peripheral nervous system.

____________ means muscle pain or tenderness.