Anatomy 2: Exam 1 Material The Muscle System Flashcards
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What is the total mass of skeletal muscle tissue?
About 45%
How many skeletal muscles are found in the body?
Approximately 500
Muscle attachment to bone is made ____ with a connective tissue termed a ____?
Indirectly
Tendon
A broad, flat tendon is called a(n)?
Aponeurosis
How many parts does a skeletal muscle typically contain?
3
The ______ or ______ is the bulky, fleshy part of the muscle which shortens and thickens during contraction.
Body
Belly
The _____ is the relatively fixed point of attachment of the muscle.
Origin
The _____ is the relatively movable point of attachment of the muscle.
Insertion
Muscles maybe named for the particular type of ____ that they produce upon contraction.
Action
____ is a muscle that decreases the angle between the 2 body parts, whereas an ____ is a muscle that increases the angle between 2 body parts.
Flexion
Extension
A(n)____ is a muscle which pulls a body part away from the median plane, whereas a(n) ____ is a muscle that pulls a body part toward the median plane.
Abduction
Adduction
____ is a muscle which turns the palm of the hand posteriorly (out of anatomical position), whereas ____ is a muscle that turns the palm of the hand anteriorly (back into anatomical position.)
Pronation
Supination
____ implies a turning outward or inside out, whereas ___ means to draw inward or outside in. (Note the feet are initially positioned in an inverted position.)
Eversion
Inversion
____is a muscle that narrows or binds a vessel, opening or passageway, whereas ____ is a muscle that expands an organ, vessel, or orifice.
Constriction
Dilation
____ is a muscles that raises a particular body part or organ, and ____ is a muscle that lowers a part of the body.
Elevation
Depression
This muscle action has no antagonistic muscle action, but rather refers to the turning of a bone about its long axis, as when you shake your head no.
Rotation
____is movement such that the distal end of a bone describes a circle, and the shaft describes a cone. The example of the 3rd base coach in baseball motioning the player to keep running home.
Circumduction
Deltoid is what shape?
Triangular
Quadratus is what shape?
Four sided
Trapezius is what shape?
Trapezoid
Orbicularis is what shape?
Circular
sphincter muscles
Platysma means what?
Flat
Vastus means what?
Large
Rectus means what?
Straight