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1
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What type of tissue adds to muscles

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Connective tissues

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2
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Endomysium

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Wraps cell

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3
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Perimysium

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Wraps fascicle- bundle of fiber

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Epimysium

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Wraps muscle

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5
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Fascia

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Wraps muscle group

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6
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Fascicle and muscles shape

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7 types
Strength of a muscle and the direction of its pull are partly determined by the orientation of its fascicles

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7
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Parallel muscles

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Uninform width, fascicles aligned with all of them in a the same direction

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8
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Fusiform muscles

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Thick in the middle, tapered at the ends like biceps

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Triangular muscles

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Broad at one end and narrow at the other end

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9
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Muscles groups and compartments

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Compartments are enclosed by fascia which wraps around muscles to create the intermuscular septa

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10
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Pennate muscles 3 kind

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Feather-shaped
Unipennate, bipennate and multipennate

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10
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Circular muscles

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Form rings around body like eyes and mouth

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11
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Muscle contraction

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Isotonic changing the muscle length by eccentric extension or concentric flexion
Isometric muscle contracts but size doesn’t change

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12
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First class lever

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Seesaw
Fulcrum at the middle

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13
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Third class lever

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Flexing a muscle, rowing a boat
Effort is at the middle

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Second class lever

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Pulling something or standing on tippy toes
Load in the middle

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14
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Intrinsic Muscles

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Muscles contained within a region like the hand

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15
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Upper limbs

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Anterior and posterior compartments

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16
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Lower limbs

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Anterior, Posterior, medial, and lateral compartments.

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16
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Direct fleshy attachment

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Close association with bones, connect to collagen fibers

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16
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Extrinsic Muscles

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Muscles that move the specific region but are found outside of the region like the forearm moving the hand

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17
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Indirect attachment

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Tendon attaches muscles to bone, connects into periosteum and matrix

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18
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Aponeurosis

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Broad sheet of tendon that can attach to tissues other than bones

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19
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Synergist

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Prevents unwanted movement in an intermediate joint crossed by prime mover
Aids the prime mover

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19
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Prime mover

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Produces the main action, chief muscle

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20
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Antagonist

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Opposes the action of the prime mover and must be relaxed before the contraction of prime mover

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20
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Fixator

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Prevents bone movement by its concentration does not produce movement by itself but helps prime mover

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21
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Large muscles

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Major or Maximus

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22
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Small muscle

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Minor or minimums

23
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Broad muscle

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Latissimus

24
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Long muscle

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Short muscle

26
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Depth of muscle

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Superficialis
Profundus
Externus

27
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Shape

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Deltoid- triangular
Teres- rounded
Rectus- straight

28
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Number of head

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Biceps- 2 heads
triceps- 3 head
quadriceps- 4 heads

29
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Sternocleidomastoid

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Origin is the sternum and the clavicle
Inserted on the mastoid process and nuchal line.
Inserted is more movable than origin

30
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Anterior muscles cause

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They cause flexion

31
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Posterior muscles cause

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They cause extension except the Knee

32
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Lateral muscles

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Causes abduction, away from body

33
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Medial muscles

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Causes adduction, toward the body

34
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Muscular system is the skeletal muscle of the body

35
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Frontalis

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Elevated eyebrows

36
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Orbicularis occuli

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closes eyes

37
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Orbicularis oris

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closes lips

38
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Zygomatic major and minor

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raises corners of the mouth to smile

39
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Risorius

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expresses horror

40
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What muscles are involved in crying

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Friendly cat often zig zag down mountains
Frontalis
Corrigator supercilli
Orbicularis oculi
Zygomatic major and minor
Depressor anguli oris
Mentalis

41
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Muscles for chewing to move the mandible

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More Tea Less Milk
Medial pterygoid protrudes mandibles and moves it laterally, also elevate mandible
Temporalis elevate mandible
Masseter elevate mandible
Lateral pterygoid depresses mandible and moves it sideways

42
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Muscles of swallowing

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4 muscles, glossus- tongue
Genioglossus protrudes tongue or moves it to one side
Hyoglossus depresses and retracts tongue
Styloglossus- pulls tongue up and back
Palatoglossus- tip of tongue to roof of mouth

42
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Anterior muscles of the neck

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Move the hyoid and mandible

42
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Muscles that flex and extends necks

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Sternocleidomastoid
Scalenes ( anterior, medial and lateral) flexors

Trapezius
Splenius (capitis and cervicis)
Semispinalis( capitis and cervicis) extensors

42
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Suprahyoid muscles

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Digastric, mylohyoid, geniohyoid, stylohyoid

43
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Superficial muscles

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Sternocleidomastoid and Platsysma overlap each other

44
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Infrahyoid

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Sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, omohyoid

45
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Anterior vertebral muscles

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Rectus capitis, longus capitis, longus colli

46
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Muscles of the neck move the head in all directions
Lateral muscles

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Scalenes muscles; anterior, middle and posterior; superficial

47
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Posterior muscles of the neck

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Superficial layer- trapezius, splenus capitis, splenius cervicis
Deep Layer- Cervical transversospinales muscles( semispinalis capitis and cervicis)
Deepest layer- Suboccipital muscles ( rectus capitis posterior major, rectus capitis posterior minor, obliquus capitis superior, obliquus capitis inferior)

48
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Core muscles

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Thoracic and Abdominal Muscles

49
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Diaphragm

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Prime mover of inspiration

50
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Intercostal muscles help to aid breathing

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Superficial external intercostal- aid in inspiration of air during breathing they raise and expand the rib cage

51
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Internal intercostal

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Aid in expiration by drawing in ribs together,
under the externals

52
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Innermost intercostal

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Deepest and act as a synergists for action of the internal intercostals

53
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3 flat muscles stack on top of each other to makes abdominal muscle

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Transverse abdominal deepest
Internal oblique
External oblique superficial

54
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2 vertical muscles that assist the flat muscles in compressing abdominal viscera, stabilize pelvis and depress ribs

A

Pyramidalis stabilizes pelvis
Rectus Abdominis- abs muscle

55
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Abdominal muscles are layered for muscles

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7 muscles layers together
External oblique- outermost
Internal oblique
transverse abdominis
rectus abdominis
Pyramidalis
Quadratus lumborum
Illiopsoas 2 parts

56
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Superficial muscles that rotate the head

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Splenius capitis and splenius cervicis

57
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Superficial muscles of the back that move the shoulder

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Trapezius
Levator scapulae
Rhombois minor and major
Latissimus dorsi muscle

58
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Trapezius moves neck and stabilizes and moves the scapula

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Descending elevates pectoral girdle
Middle retracts scapula
Ascending depresses shoulder

59
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Intermediate and deep muscles of the back move the ribs

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Serratus posterior superior and inferior muscles
Levatores Costarum

60
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Muscles acting on the vertebral column flex the spin- Erector spinae

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Spinalis group- closest to vertebrae
spinalis thoracics and cervicis
Longissimus group- next most lateral
Longissimus capitis, cervicis and thoracis
Illiocostalis group- most lateral
Illiocostalis cervicis, throracis, lumborum

61
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Deep muscles of the black extend the trunk and rotating the vertebrae

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Transverspinales
Semispinalis- capitis, cervcis, thoracic
Multifidus- under semispinalis and are stablilizers
Rotatores- deepest of the group

62
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Core muscles used for hula hoop

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Internal and external oblique
Transverse and Rectus Abdominis
Quadratus lumborum
Latissimus Dorsi
Erector Spinea group

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