Rehab Vocab 4

Front

Movement shown in the picture?

Back

Opposition

Front

Object in the picture?

Back

Goniometer

Front

Muscle cell membrane

Back

Sarcolemma

Front

Muscle fibers stimulated by nerves contract to create movement.

Back

Contractibility

Front

Change in electrical potential during impulse in muscle or nerve cell.

Back

Action Potential

Front

Responsiveness to a stimulus

Back

Excitability of muscle

Front

Ability to stretch tissue without damage

Back

Extensibility of muscle

Front

Muscle tendon attachment to a movable bone opposite the origin.

Back

Insertion

Front

Greatest mass of a muscle.

Back

Belly of the muscle

Front

Muscle attachment that stays fixed during contraction.

Back

Origin