Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology

The Muscular System

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New Terminology

Actin (AK-tin)
Antagonistic muscles (an-TAG-on-ISS-tik MUSS-
uhls)
Creatine phosphate (KREE-ah-tin FOSS-fate)
Depolarization (DE-poh-lahr-i-ZAY-shun)
Fascia (FASH-ee-ah)
Insertion (in-SIR-shun)
Isometric (EYE-so-MEH-trik)
Isotonic (EYE-so-TAHN-ik)
Lactic acid (LAK-tik ASS-id)
Muscle fatigue (MUSS-uhl fah-TEEG)
Muscle sense (MUSS-uhl SENSE)
Muscle tone (MUSS-uhl TONE)
Myoglobin (MYE-oh-GLOW-bin)
Myosin (MYE-oh-sin)
Neuromuscular junction (NYOOR-oh-MUSS-kyoo-
ler JUNK-shun)
Origin (AHR-i-jin)
Oxygen debt (AHKS-ah-jen DET)
Polarization (POH-lahr-i-ZAY-shun)
Prime mover (PRIME MOO-ver)
Sarcolemma (SAR-koh-LEM-ah)
Sarcomeres (SAR-koh-meers)
Synergistic muscles (SIN-er-JIS-tik MUSS-uhls)
Tendon (TEN-dun)

Related Clinical Terminology

Anabolic steroids (an-a-BOLL-ik STEER-oyds)

Atrophy (AT-ruh-fee)

Botulism (BOTT-yoo-lizm)

Hypertrophy (high-PER-truh-fee)

Intramuscular injection (IN-trah-MUSS-kyoo-ler in-

JEK-shun)

Muscular dystrophy (MUSS-kyoo-ler DIS-truh-fee)

Myalgia (my-AL-jee-ah)

Myasthenia gravis (MY-ass-THEE-nee-yuh GRAH-

viss)

Myopathy (my-AH-puh-thee)

Paralysis (pah-RAL-i-sis)

Range-of-motion exercises (RANJE-of-MOH-shun

EKS-err-sigh-zez)

Sex-linked trait (SEX LINKED TRAYT)

Tetanus (TET-uh-nus)

Terms that appear in bold typein the chapter text are defined in the glossary, which begins on page 547.