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Muscle Fibers
Long slender cells that make up muscles.
Fascia
The sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and seperates muscles or group of muscles.
Myofascial
Pertaining to muscle tissue
Skeletal Muscle
Attached to the bones of the skeleton and make movement possible
Smooth Muscle
Located in the walls of internal organs, such as digestive tract, blood vessels and ducts leading from glands.
Myocardial Muscle
Form muscular walls of the heart
Muscle Innervation
The stimualtion of a muscle by an impulse transmitted by a motor nerve.
Neuromuscular
Pertaining to the relationship between nerve and muscle.
Contraction
Tightening of a muscle
Relaxation
Occurs when a mucle returns to its original form
Abduction
Is the movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
Adduction
Is movement of a limb toward the midkine of the body
Flexion
Means decreasing the angle between two bones by bending a limb joint
Extension
Increasing the angle between two bones or the straightening of a limb.
Hyperextension
The exreme or overextension of a limb or body part beyond it normal limit