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4 Muscular System Flashcards

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Muscle Function

A
  1. Produce Movement
  2. Maintain Posture and Body Position
  3. Stabilize joints
  4. Generate heat
  5. additional functions
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Skeletal muscle fibers are packaged into organs called _ that attach to the skeleton

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skeletal muscles

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Skeletal Muscle cover our _ , they help form the smooth contours of the body.

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bone and cartilage framework

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physical structure of
Skeletal muscle fibers

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  • large
  • cigarshaped
  • multinucleate cells
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Skeletal muscle is also known as _ and as
voluntary muscle

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striated muscle

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Connective Tissues wrapping

wraps entire muscle

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epimysium

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Connective Tissues wrapping the Muscle Fibers

wrapped in endomysium

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muscle fiber

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Connective Tissues wrapping the Muscle Fibers

wrapped in perimysium

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fascicle

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no striations and is
involuntary

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smooth muscle

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found mainly in the walls of
hollow (tubelike) organs

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smooth muscle

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  • are spindle-shaped, uninucleate, and surrounded by scant endomysium and are arranged in two layers (circular and longitudinal)
  • single, fusiform, no striations
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smooth muscle

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  • is striated, uninucleated and under involuntary control
  • branching chains of cells
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Cardiac Muscle

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are cushioned by small amounts of endomysium and are arranged in spiral or figure 8–shaped bundles

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cardiac cell

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Cardiac muscle fibers are branching cells joined by special gap junctions called _

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intercalated discs

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connective tissue components of skeletal muscle

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  • epimysium
  • perimysium
  • endomysium
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connective tissue components of cardiac muscle

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endomysium attached to the fibrous skeleton of the heart

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connective tissue components of smooth muscle

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endomysium

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18
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regulation of contraction of skeletal muscle

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voluntary via nervous system controls

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regulation of contraction of cardiac muscle

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  • involuntary
  • internal heart pacemaker
  • nervous system controls
  • hormones
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regulation of contraction of smooth muscle

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  • involuntary
  • nervous system controls
  • hormones
  • chemicals
  • stretch
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speed of contraction of skeletal muscle

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slow to fast

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speed of contraction of cardiac muscle

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slow

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speed of contraction of smooth muscle

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very slow

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24
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rhythmic contraction of skeletal muscle

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no

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25
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rhythmic contraction of cardiac muscle

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yes

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rhythmic contraction of smooth muscle

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yes, in some

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Microscopic Anatomy of Muscle

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  1. sarcomeres
  2. myofilaments
  3. sarcoplasmic reticulum
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Microscopic Anatomy of Muscle

structural and functional units of skeletal muscle

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sarcomeres

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Microscopic Anatomy of Muscle

are the precise arrangements of even smaller structures within sarcomeres - thin and thick myofibrils

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myofilaments

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Microscopic Anatomy of Muscle

interconnecting tubules and sacs that is used to store calcium and to release it on demand when the muscle fiber is stimulated to contract

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sarcoplasmic reticulum

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31
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Special functional properties of muscle fibers

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  1. irritability
  2. contractility
  3. extensibility
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Skeletal Muscle Fiber Activity

  • aka responsiveness
  • ability to receive and respond to stimulus
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irritability

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Skeletal Muscle Fiber Activity

the ability to forcibly shorten when adequately stimulated

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contractility

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34
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Skeletal Muscle Fiber Activity

the ability of muscle fibers to stretch, whereas elasticity is their ability to recoil and resume their resting length after being stretched

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extensibility

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35
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Muscle Contraction

Skeletal muscle fibers must be stimulated by _

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nerve impulses

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36
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Muscle Contraction

  • _ may stimulate a few muscle fibers or hundreds of them, depending on the particular muscle and the work it does
  • A _ consists of one neuron and all the skeletal
    muscle fibers it stimulates
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  • One motor neuron (nerve cell)
  • motor unit
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37
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Muscle Contraction

Neuromuscular junctions, contain synaptic vesicles filled with neurotransmitter which stimulates skeletal muscle fibers is _.

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Acetylcholine or Ach

38
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Contraction of Muscle as Whole

Muscle law states that:
a “muscle fiber will contract
to its fullest extent when it is stimulated adequately;
it _”

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never partially contracts

However, the whole muscle reacts to stimuli with graded responses, or different degrees of shortening, which generate different amounts of force

39
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Graded Muscle Contraction is generated by:

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  1. by changing the frequency of muscle stimulation
  2. by changing the number of muscle fibers being stimulated at one time.
40
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What Fueled Muscle Contraction?

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  1. direct phosphorylation (creatine phosphate CP and ADP)
  2. aerobic pathway (glucose)
  3. anaerobic pathway (glycolysis and lactic acid formation)
41
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Types of Muscle
Contraction

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  1. isotonic contractions
  2. isometric contractions
42
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types of muscle contraction

the myofilaments are successful in their sliding movements, the muscle shortens, and movement
occurs.

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isotonic contractions

43
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types of muscle contraction

examples of isotonic contractions.

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  • Bending the knee
  • lifting weights
  • smiling
44
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types of muscle contraction

the myosin filaments are “spinning their wheels,” and the tension in the muscle keeps increasing. They are trying to slide, but the muscle is pitted against some more or less immovable object.

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isometric contractions

45
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types of muscle contractions

example of isometric contractions

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  • when you push the palms of your hands together in front of you, your arms and chest muscles are contracting isometrically.
46
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the maintenance of partial
contraction of a muscle, important for generating
reflexes, maintaining posture and balance, and controlling proper function of other organ systems.

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Muscle tone

47
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controlled by the sensory muscle spindle,
which measures muscle stretch

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Tone

applicable to skeletal, cardiac, smooth muscles

48
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The continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, which helps maintain _

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posture

49
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Effects of Exercise

results in stronger,
more flexible muscles with greater resistance to fatigue

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Aerobic exercise, or endurance exercise

  • because the blood supply to the muscles increases, and the individual muscle fibers form more mitochondria and store more oxygen.\
  • Aerobic exercise helps us reach a steady rate of ATP production and improves the efficiency of aerobic respiration
50
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Effects of Exercise

require very little time and little or no
special equipment

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Resistance exercises

  • The increased muscle size and strength that result are due mainly to enlargement of individual muscle fibers (they make more contractile myofilaments) rather than to an
    increase in their number.
  • The amount of connective tissue that reinforces the muscle also increases
51
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Direction of the muscle fibers.

oblique in a muscle’s name tells you that the muscle fibers run obliquely (_ ) to the imaginary line

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at a slant

52
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Direction of the muscle fibers.

the _ is the
straight muscle of the thigh.

A

rectus femoris

53
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Direction of the muscle fibers.

When a muscle’s name includes the term _ , its fibers or whole structure run parallel to that imaginary line.

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rectus (straight)

54
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Direction of the muscle fibers.

Some muscles are named in reference to some _ , usually the midline of the body or the long axis of a limb bone.

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imaginary line

55
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largest muscle of the
gluteus muscle group

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gluteus maximus

56
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name of muscle

  1. largest
  2. smallest
  3. long
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  1. maximus
  2. minimus
  3. longus
57
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based on the bone

muscle on:
1. temporal bones
2. frontal bones

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  1. temporalis
  2. frontalis
58
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muscle name

based on number of origins

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  1. biceps = 2
  2. triceps = 3
  3. quadriceps = 4
59
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muscle name after their attachment sites

  • on sternum and clavicle, and inserts on the mastoid process of the temporal bone
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sternocleidomastoid

sternum - sterno
clavicle - cleido

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named based on shape of muscle

triangular muscle on shoulder

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deltoid
Greek letter delta (Δ)

61
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named based on action of muscle

  1. adduction of thigh
  2. extends muscles of the wrist
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  1. adductor
  2. extensor
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Muscles

4 Arrangement of the
Fascicles

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  1. Circular pattern
  2. Convergent Muscle
  3. Parallel Arrangement
  4. Pennate Pattern
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Arrangement of the Fascicles

  • Fascicles are arranged in concentric rings
  • typically found surrounding external body openings which they close by contracting, creating a valve (sphincters = squeezers)
  • ex: orbicularis muscles around eyes and mouth
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circular pattern

64
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Arrangement of the Fascicles

  1. the fascicles converge toward a single insertion tendon
  2. is triangular or fan-shaped,
  3. ex: the pectoralis major muscle of the anterior thorax
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convergent muscle

65
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Arrangement of the Fascicles

  • the length of the fascicles run parallel to the long axis of the muscle, as in the sartorius of the anterior thigh.
  • These muscles are straplike
  • its fusiform modification results in a spindle- shaped muscle with an expanded belly (midsection) and tapered ends
  • ex: biceps brachii muscle of the arm
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parallel arrangement

66
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Arrangement of the Fascicles

short fascicles attach obliquely to a central tendon. In the extensor digitorum muscle of the leg

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pennate pattern

67
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Arrangement of the Fascicles

If the fascicles insert from several different sides, the muscle is _

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multipennate

68
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Arrangement of the Fascicles

If the fascicles insert into opposite sides of the tendon, the muscle is _

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bipennate

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Arrangement of the Fascicles

the fascicles insert into only one side of the tendon, and the
muscle is _

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unipennate

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Types of Muscle
Movement

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  1. flexion
  2. extension
  3. rotation
  4. abduction
  5. adduction
  6. circumduction
71
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Special Movements

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  1. dorsiflexion and plantar flexion
  2. inversion and eversion
  3. supination and pronation
  4. opposition
72
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Types of Muscle Movement

  • generally in the sagittal plane
  • decreases the angle of the joint
  • brings two bones closer together
  • typical of hinge joints (bending the knee or elbow),
  • also common at ball-and-socket joints (for example, bending forward at the hip)
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flexion

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Types of Muscle Movement

  • movement that increases the angle, or distance, between two bones or parts of the body (straightening the knee or elbow).
  • greater than 180° (as when you move your arm posteriorly beyond its normal anatomical position, or tip your head
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extension

74
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Types of Muscle Movement

  • movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
  • common
    movement of ball-andsocket joints and describes the movement of the atlas around the dens of the axis
A

rotation

75
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Types of Muscle Movement

  • moving a limb away (generally in the frontal plane) from the midline, or median plane
  • fanning movement of your fingers or toes when they are
    spread apart
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abduction

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Types of Muscle Movement

  • it is the movement of a limb toward the body midline
  • as
    “adding” a body part by bringing it closer to the trunk
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adduction

77
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Types of Muscle Movement

  • is a combination of flexion,
    extension, abduction, and adduction commonly seen in ball-and-socket joints, such as the shoulder.
  • proximal end of the limb is stationary, and its distal end moves in a circle
A

circumduction

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Special Movement

  1. Up-and-down movements of the foot at the ankle are given special names
    * Lifting the foot so that its superior surface approaches the shin (pointing your toe toward your head)
    * pointing the toes away from your head is
A
  1. Dorsiflexion and plantar flexion
    * Dorsiflexion
    * plantar flexion
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Special Movement

  • Dorsiflexion of the foot corresponds to _ and _ of the hand at the wrist,
  • whereas plantar flexion of the foot corresponds to _ of the hand.
A

extension and hyperextension

flexion

80
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Special Movement

  • are also special movements of the foot
  • To _ the foot, turn the
    sole medially, as if you were looking at the bottom of your foot.
  • To _ the foot, turn the sole
    laterally.
A

invert/ inversion
evert/ eversion

81
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Special Movement

movement of the radius around ulna:
* turning backward
* turning forward

A
  • supination (forearms rotates laterally, palm faces anteriorly)
  • pronation (forearm rotates medially, palm faces posteriorly)
82
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Special Movement

  • In the palm of the hand, the saddle joint between metacarpal 1 and the carpals allows _ of the thumb
  • thumb touches other fingers of the same hands
  • makes human hand a fine tool for grasping and manipulating objects
A

opposition

83
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Interactions of Skeletal Muscles in the Body

In general, groups of muscles that produce opposite
movements lie on _ of a joint.

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opposite sides

84
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Interactions of Skeletal Muscles in the Body

Muscles are arranged so that whatever one muscle (or
group of muscles) can do, other muscles can _

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reverse

85
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Interactions of Skeletal Muscles in the Body

Muscles can’t _ —they can only _ as they contract— so
most often body movements result from two or more
muscles acting together or against each other.

A

push
pull

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Interactions of Skeletal Muscles in the Body

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  1. prime mover
  2. antagonist muscle
  3. synergist
  4. fixators
87
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Interactions of Skeletal Muscles in the Body

  • are specialized synergists.
  • They hold a bone still or stabilize the origin of a prime mover so all the tension can be used to move the insertion bone
A

fixators

88
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Interactions of Skeletal Muscles in the Body

help prime movers by producing the same movement or by reducing undesirable movements.

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Synergist

89
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Interactions of Skeletal Muscles in the Body

Muscles that oppose or reverse a movement

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Antagonist Muscle

90
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Interactions of Skeletal Muscles in the Body

muscle that has the major responsibility for causing a particular movement

A

Prime Mover

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