anatomy exam 1 Flashcards
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what are the functions of the muscular system?
- create movement by working with bones ligaments and tendons
- move food through digestive system
- move blood through body
- provide protection
- produce heat
skeletal muscle
voluntary, striated, multi-nucleated, attached to skeletal system
smooth muscle
involuntary, non-striated, spindle shape, located in blood vessels and walls of digestive track
cardiac muscle
Involuntary, striated, branching cells, single nucleus, walls of heart, intercalated disks
types of movement at synovial joints
hyperextension, extension, flexion. dorsiflexion, plantar flexion, adduction, abduction
Origin
stationary bone
insertion
movable bone
ligament
connects bone to bone
tendon
connect muscle to bone
frontalis muscle
elevates the eyebrow
orbicularis oculi muscle
closes the eyelids and pumps tears from the eyes
zygomaticus major and minor
controls facial expressions
masseter muscle
mastication (chewing)
orbicularis oris muscle
orofacial functions (swallowing, chewing, kissing, pronouncing vowels)
Buccinator muscle
holds cheeks to teeth (chewing)
sternocleidomastoid
tilting head and turning neck
temporalis muscle
close the jaw (crushing and grinding objects between molars
trapezius muscle
pull up shoulders, shrugging
Epicranial aponeurosis
tough layer of dense fibrous connective tissue covering the skull
depressor anguli oris
depress corner of mouth
platysma
myriad of facial expression (sadness, surprise, horror)
Risorius muscle
draws up the angle of the mouth
mentalis muscle
stability to lower lip, allow it to pout
corrugator supercilli muscle
movement of the eyebrows, including frowning