Ch 7: Online 1 Flashcards
Muscular System
The more movable muscle attachment
Insertion
What connects muscle to bone?
Tendons made of fibrous CT
Bone is to periosteum as muscle is to what?
Fascia
What is the unit of contraction within a muscle cell?
Sarcomere
Reservior for calcium ions
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
What are the contracting proteins?
Actin and myosin
What muscle raises the lower jaw?
Masseter
What muscle shrugs the shoulder?
Trapezius
What muscle flexes the spinal column?
Rectus abdominus
What muscles pull ribs up and out?
External intercostals
What muscle abducts the humerus?
Deltoid
What muscle group extends the femur?
Hamstring
What muscle dorsiflexes the foot?
Tibialis anterior
What muscle extends the forearm?
Triceps brachii
What type of muscle attachment is insertion?
The more moveable muscle attachment
What do tendons made of fibrous CT do?
Connect muscle to bone
What is sarcomere?
The unit of contraction within a muscle cell
What is sarcoplasmic reticulum?
Reservior for calcium ions
What are actin and myosin?
The contracting proteins
What does the masseter muscle do?
Raises the lower jaw
What does the trapezius muscle do?
Shrugs the shoulder
What does the rectus abdomens muscle do?
Flexes the spinal column
What do the external intercostal muscles do?
Pull ribs in and out
What does the deltoid muscles do?
Abduct the humerus
What does the hamstring muscle do?
Extend the femur
What does the tibialis anterior muscle do?
Dorsiflexes the foot
What does the triceps brachia muscle do?
Extend the forearm