Aerobic - requiring oxygen, Agonist - contracts the muscle to cause movement, Anaerobic - requiring no oxygen, Antagonist - produces movement in the opposite direction of prime mover, Circumduction - circular movement of a joint, Dilate - become wider, larger or more open, Eversion - turn outward, Extension - act of increasing the angle between two bones, straightening motion, fascia - thin flexible band of connective tissue that holds, separates or binds muscles, Flexion - act of decreasing the angle between two bones, bending motion, Insertion - attachment for skeletal muscle to bone after crossing over a joint to allow movement during muscle contraction, Inversion - turn inward, Isometric - contraction of a muscle, but the joint does not move, Isotonic - maintains constant tension as the muscle changes length, Origin - attachment site for skeletal muscle to bone that does not move during muscle contraction, Oxygen Debt - deficiency of oxygen from physical activity , Prime Mover - produces movement of a muscle in a single direction, Pronation - rotation of the hand and forearm so that the palm faces downward, Rotation - movement that allows a bone to move around a central axis, Striated - muscle tissue with repeating sarcomeres giving a striped appearance, Supination - palm facing up or when walking the weight is on the outside of the foot, Synergists - muscles that help support a joint, Abduction - movement away from the midline, Adduction - movement toward the midline,

2.02 Key Terms - Muscular

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