vocab

• abduction

  movement away from midline of body
• adduction

  movement toward midline of body
• dorsiflexion

  backward (upward) bending of the foot
• extension

  straightening of a flexed limb
• fascia

  fibrous membrane separating and enveloping muscles
• flexion

  bending a limb

  • decreasing the angle between bones
• insertion of a muscle

  connection of the muscle to bone that moves
• origin of a muscle

  connection of the muscle to a stationary bone
• plantar flexion

  bending the sole of the foot downward toward the ground
• pronation

  turning the palm downward
• rotation

  circular movement around a central point
• skeletal muscle

  muscle connected to bones

  • voluntary or striated muscle
• smooth muscle

  visceral muscle
• striated muscle

  skeletal muscle
• supination

  turning the palm upward
• visceral muscle

  muscle connected to internal organs

  • involuntary or smooth muscle
• movement away from the midline of the body is _____

  abduction
• fasci/o

  fascia
• fibr/o

  fibrous
• leiomy/o

  smooth muscle
• my/o

  muscle
• myocardi/o

  heart muscle
• myos/o

  muscle
• plant/o

  sole of the foot
• rhabdomy/o

  skeletal muscle connected to bones
• -asthenia

  lack of strength
• -trophy

  development, nourishment
• ab-

  away from
• ad-

  toward
• dorsi-

  back
• poly-

  many, much