chapter 7 medical terms

  1. what are the three types of muscles in the muscular system?
    Skeletal , smooth, cardiac
  2. Muscles make up what percentage of bodyweight?
    42%
  3. name the two essential ingrediants that are needed for muscles to function properly
    Nutrition and oxigen
  4. name the two points of attachment of muscles.
    origin and insertion.
  5. skeletal muscle is also known as ?
    striated or voluntary
  6. a wide sheet like tendon is known as ?
    aponnuerois
  7. name the 3 distiguishable parts of the muscle?
    body , origin, and insertion
  8. antagonist
    muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle
  9. prime mover
    musle that is primary in a given movement produced by its contraction.
  10. synergist
    muscle that acts with another muscle to produce movement
  11. smooth muscle is aso known as ?
    involuntary ,visaceal, unstraited
  12. name 5 examples of smooth muscles found in the internal organs.
    digestive trac, skin ,eyes, respritory trac, and urinary trac
  13. the muscles of the heart
    cardiac
  14. name the primary functions of the muscle system
    movment maintain, posture, and produce heat
  15. a
    without, lack of
  16. ab-
    away from
  17. ad-
    tword
  18. ant-
    to form, forming
  19. bi-
    two
  20. brady-
    slow
  21. con-
    with or together
  22. dia-
    through
  23. dys-
    difficult
  24. in-
    inside
  25. intra-
    within
  26. quadra-
    four
  27. hydro
    water
  28. tri-
    three
  29. syn
    together
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chapter 7 medical terms
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chapter 7 home work for medical terminology
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