Exam 7: The Muscular System: Movement for the Journey

Cramps or ________ are a sudden, severe involuntary muscle contraction.

A(n) ________ is a test in which a muscle group is stimulated with an electrical impulse that causes a contraction.

When the nervous system signals a muscle to contract, the ________ ion channels open.

A strong, tough strand or cord of dense connective tissue that serves as an attachment for muscle to bone is ________.

The location of pain is confined to tender points in ________.

Ligaments attach muscle to bone.

Muscles may be named using ________.

Striated muscles, which appear to have stripes, are in which type of muscle?

Which type of muscle will not regenerate once it is severely damaged?

________ are donut-shaped muscles that act as doorways to let materials in and out by alternately contracting and relaxing.

The symptom of shin splints is ________.

____________ is a bacterial infection that causes rigid paralysis.

Another name for visceral muscle is ________.

Explain the steps underlying skeletal muscle contraction.

A common running-related inflammatory injury of the extensor muscles and surrounding tissues of the lower legs is called ________.

The _____________________ is the prime elbow flexor.

Compare and contrast myasthenia gravis, muscular dystrophy, Guillain-Barré Syndrome and tetanus.

Muscles convert ____________ to glucose.

Increased muscle growth is called ____________.

Which of the following is not a symptom of myopathy?