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Chapter 11 Muscular system Flashcards

1
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Skeletal muscles produce movement how?

A

By exerting force on tendons

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2
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What do tendons attach to? and what do they do?

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Tendons attach to and pulls on bones, and movement occurs

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3
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Most muscles cross at least one what?

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One joint and are attached at the articulating bones

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4
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When a muscle contracts it does what?

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Draws one articulating bone toward the other

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5
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What is the origin muscles?

A

The attachment to the stationary bone

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6
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What is the insertion of muscles?

A

The attachment to the moveable bone

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7
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What are the three types of movers in muscle movement and coordination?

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  1. agonist/ prime mover
  2. Antagonist
  3. Synergist
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8
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How are muscles named?

A
  1. location
  2. Size
  3. Number of origins
  4. Appearance
  5. Direction of fibers
  6. origin and insertion
  7. muscle action
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9
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What does rectus mean?

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Parallel to midline

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10
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What does transverse mean?

A

Perpendicular to midline

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11
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What does oblique mean?

A

Diagonal to midline

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12
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What does maximus mean?

A

Largest

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13
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What does minimus mean?

A

Smallest

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14
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What does longus mean?

A

Long

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15
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What does brevis mean?

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Short

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16
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What does latissimus mean?

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Widest

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17
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What does longissimus mean?

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Longest

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18
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What does Magnus mean?

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Large

19
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What does major mean?

A

Larger

20
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What does minor mean?

A

Smaller

21
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What does vastus mean?

A

Huge

22
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What does deltoid mean?

A

Triangular

23
Q

What does trapezius mean?

A

Trapezoid

24
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What does serratus mean?

A

Saw tooth shaped

25
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What does rhomboid mean?

A

Diamond shaped

26
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What does orbicularis mean?

A

Circular shaped

27
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What does pectinate mean?

A

Comblike

28
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What does piriformis mean?

A

Pear shaped

29
Q

What does platys mean?

A

Flat

30
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What does quadratus mean?

A

Square, four sided

31
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What does gracilis mean?

A

Slender

32
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What does flexor mean?

A

Decreases joint angle

33
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What does extensor mean?

A

Increases joint angle

34
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What does abductor mean?

A

Moves bone away from midline

35
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What does adductor mean?

A

Moves bone closer to midline

36
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What does levator mean?

A

Raises or elevates body part

37
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What does supinator mean?

A

Turns palm anteriorly

38
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What does pronator mean?

A

Turns palm posteriorly

39
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What does sphincter mean?

A

Decreases size of an opening

40
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What does tensor mean?

A

Makes body part rigid

41
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What does rotator mean?

A

Rotates bone around longitudinal axis

42
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What does biceps mean?

A

Two origins

43
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What does triceps mean?

A

Three origins

44
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What does quadriceps mean?

A

Four origins

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