Muscle types & Functions

Question 1

Muscles

Answer 1

Move various parts of the body eithr by making the part move or by allowing it to move

Question 2

What connects muscles to bone?

Answer 2

Tendons

Question 3

Musculotentinous Junction

Answer 3

Connection between a muscle and a tendon

Question 4

Tenoperiosteal Junction

Answer 4

Connection between a tendon and a bone

Question 5

Muscle Belly

Answer 5

Central portion of the muscle

Question 6

Head

Answer 6

One of at least 2 extensions of a particular muscle belly that attaches via it’s own tendon

Question 7

Aponeurosis

Answer 7

A sheet-like tendon

Question 8

Concentric Contraction

Answer 8

-When a muscle develops tension, it pulls on the attachments of the muscle
-When the tension is greater than the resistance, the muscle undergoes a shortening

Question 9

When the tension is greater than the resistance, the muscle undergoes a?

Answer 9

Concentric Contraction

Question 10

Isometric Contraction

Answer 10

When a Muscle contracts against a resistance and there is no visible change in the muscle length

Question 11

Eccentric Contraction

Answer 11

When a muscle is generating force but is unable to overcome the force, the muscle will undergo a lengthening

Question 12

What type of contraction is used to effectively control movements or to act as a brake to movement

Answer 12

Eccentric Contraction

Question 13

When a muscle is generating force but is unable to overcome the force, the muscle will undergo

Answer 13

Eccentric Contraction

Question 14

Two muscle attachments are moving away from each other during what type of contraction?

Answer 14

Eccentric Contraction

Question 15

The attachment that is fixed is sometimes called?

Answer 15

Origin

Question 16

The attachment that is moving is sometimes called?

Answer 16

Insertion

Question 17

Prime Mover

Answer 17

The primary muscle causing the desired movement

Question 18

Can there be more than one prime mover?

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

Antagonist

Answer 19

Muscle that opposes a specific action

Question 20

Stabilizers

Answer 20

Muscles that stabilize the the more proximal joints during actions of the more distal joints

Question 21

Synergists

Answer 21

Muscles that work to assist the prime mover in a given action

Question 22

What is the strongest muscle in the human body?

Answer 22

There is no strongest muscle, would depend on what you are measuring