Vocabulary & Check Your Knowledge
Muscular System Vocabulary
Antagonistic
In opposition to each other.
Cardiac muscle
The heart muscle also known as the myocardium. Its appearance is similar to skeletal muscle. It pumps blood and gives the heartbeat.
Electromyography (EMG)
Measures muscle response or electrical activity in response to a nerve’s stimulation of the muscle.
Fibromyalgia
Pain in the fibrous tissues of muscles.
Hemostasis
Biological process that results in stable equilibrium.
Hemiplegia
Paralysis that affects one side of the body.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Radiofrequency waves and a strong magnetic field provide clear and detailed pictures of internal organs and tissues.
Myasthenia Gravis
Grave or serious muscle weakness.
Paraplegia
Paralysis that affects both legs and lower part of the body.
Paresis
Partial paralysis wherein there is still some control of the muscles.
Quadriplegia
Affects both arms, both legs and sometimes from the neck down.
Skeletal muscle
Also known as striated muscles. Skeletal muscles are responsible for voluntary muscle movement.
Smooth muscle
Also known as visceral muscles. Smooth muscle is mainly associated with the walls of internal organs. Smooth muscles are responsible for involuntary muscle movement.
Sprain
Injury to a joint whereby a ligament is stretched or torn.
Strain
Injury to a muscle whereby a tendon is stretched or torn.
Muscular System Glossary Reinforcement Activity
Muscular System Glossary Reinforcement Activity (Text version)
- Muscle that is associated with the walls of internal organs and is responsible for involuntary muscle movement is called _____[Blank 1].
- Skeletal muscle
- Smooth muscle
- Cardiac muscle
- Paralysis that effects one side of the body is called______ [Blank 2].
- paraplegia
- paresis
- hemiplegia
- An injury to a joint whereby a ligament is stretched or torn is called _____[Blank 3].
- a sprain
- a strain
- fibromyalgia
- Myasthenia Gravis is _______[Blank 4].
- pain in the fibrous tissues of muscles.
- grave or serious muscle weakness.
- partial paralysis wherein there is still some control of the muscles.
- Skeletal muscle is responsible for ______[Blank 5].
- voluntary muscle movement.
- pumping blood.
- involuntary muscle movement.
Check your answers: [1]
Activity source: Muscular System Glossary Reinforcement Activity by Kimberlee Carter, from Building a Medical Terminology Foundation by Kimberlee Carter and Marie Rutherford, licensed under CC BY- 4.0. /Text version added.
Attribution
Except where otherwise noted, this chapter is adapted from “Muscular System” in Building a Medical Terminology Foundation by Kimberlee Carter and Marie Rutherford, licensed under CC BY 4.0. / A derivative of Betts et al., which can be accessed for free from Anatomy and Physiology (OpenStax). Adaptations: dividing Muscular System chapter content into sub-chapters.
- 1. Smooth muscle, 2. hemiplegia, 3. a sprain, 4. grave or serious muscle weakness, 5.voluntary muscle movement ↵