Muscles Flashcards

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What are the 3 types of muscles?

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Skeletal, Smooth, and cardiac

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what are Ligaments?

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Tissue that connects bone to bone

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What are tendons?

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Tough bands of connective tissue that joins muscle to bone.

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what are Fascia?

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connective tissue that covers, supports, and seperates muscles.

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What is Tissue?

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Masses of cells that have similar function and form

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what is muscle tissue

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a collection of cells that shorten during contraction, therefore creating tension that results in movement

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What is Skeletal Muscle?

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Muscles that are attached to bones vie connective tissue tendons

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is Skeletal muscle fatigue-resistant?

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No

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What is smooth muscle?

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Muscles surrounding body’s internal organs+ blood vessels, respiratory tract, Iris(eye), and gastrointestinal tract

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10
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Their contractions are…

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Slow and uniform and can be sustained for a long period of time.

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11
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their activation is…

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involuntary

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12
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is smooth muscle fatigue resitant?

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Yes

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What is Cardiac Muscle?

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Found only in the heart, contracts the heart, and is very fatigue resistant.

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14
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What is epimysium?

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the connective tissue surrounding the whole muscle

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What is perimysium?

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connective tissues surrounding each fascicle.

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what is a fascicle?

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perimysium wrapped muscle fibers

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17
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What is endomysium?

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the connective tissue surrounding each muscle fibre

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18
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what is muscle fibre?

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a muscle cell

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19
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The ability of muscle to respond to stimulus?

A

Irritability

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20
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Ability to transmit nerve impulses?

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conductivity

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21
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ability to shorten in length?

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Contractibility

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22
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ability to extend in length?

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extensibility

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Ability to stretch and return to normal position?

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Concentric contraction is?

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when muscle fibres shorten

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Eccentric contraction is?
when muscle fibres lengthen
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when muscle fibres don't change length?
Isometric
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Vastus?
Huge
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Maximus?
Large
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Longus?
Long
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Minimus?
Small
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Brevis?
Short
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Deltoid?
triangular
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Rhomboid?
like a rhombus with equal and parallel sides
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Latissimus?
Wide
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Teres?
Round
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Trapezius?
Like a trapezoid
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Rectus?
Straight
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Transverse?
Across
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Oblique?
Diagonally
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Pectoralis?
Chest
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Gluteus?
Buttock
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Brachii?
Arm
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Supra?
Above
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Infra?
below
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Sub?
under or beneath
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laterallis?
lateral
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Abductor?
Moves parts of the body away
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Adductor?
moves parts of the body toward
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Flexor?
causes a joint to bend, decreasing joint angle
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extensor?
causes a joint to straighten
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Lavator?
lifts a structure
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What are the 3 Hamstrings muscles?
Biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendonosus
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what are the 3 gluteal muscles?
Gluteus Maximus, Gluteus Medius, Gluteus Minimus
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what are the 4 Quadriceps femoris muscles?
Rectus Femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis
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What are the 5 Muscles pairs
``` Biceps+Triceps Quads+hamstrings Deltoid+Latissimus Dorsi Gastrocnemius and soleus+Tibialis Gluteus Medius and minimus+ adductor Magnus ```