Chapter 11- The Muscular System Flashcards

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In a convergent muscle the muscle fibers are…

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Based over a broad area, but all the fibers come together at a common attachment site

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The four types of muscles identified by different patterns of organization are…

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Parallel, convergent, pennate, and circular

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A first class level is one in which…

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The fulcrum lies between the applied force and the resistance

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The effect of an arrangement where a force is applied between the resistance and the fulcrum illustrates the principles operating…

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Third class levers

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The site where the movable end of a muscle attaches to bone or other connective tissue is referred to as the…

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Insertion

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A muscle whose contraction is chiefly responsible for producing a particular movement is called an…

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Prime mover

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Muscles are classified functionally as synergists when…

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Their contraction is coordinated in a way that assists another muscle in affecting a particular movement

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Extrinsic muscles are those that…

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Position or stabilize an organ

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The reason we use the word bicep to describe a particular muscle is because…

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There are two tendons of origin

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Which is included in the muscles of the facial expression?

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Buccinator, orbicularis oris, risorius, occipitofrontalis

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The muscles that bring the teeth together during mastication are the…

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Temporalis, pterygoid, and masseter

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The names of the muscles of the tongue are readily identified because their descriptive names end in…

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Glossus

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The superficial muscles of the spine are identified by subdivisions that include the…

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Iliocostalis, longissimus, and spinalis

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The muscles in the abdominal region that compress the abdomen, depress the ribs, and flex or bend the spine are the…

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External obliques

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The muscular floor of the pelvic cavity is formed by muscles that make up the…

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Urogenital triangle and anal triangle

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What is included in the only muscles that move the shoulder girdle?

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Trapezius, serratus anterior, pectoralis minor, subclavius

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What muscles only move the upper arm?

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Deltoid, teres major, latissamus dorsi, pectoralis major

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The muscles that arise on the humerus and the forearm and rotate the radius without producing either Flexion or extension of the elbow are the…

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Pronator teres and supinator

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The pectoralis major produces………at the shoulder joint, and the latissamus dorsi muscle produces………..

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Flexion; extension

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The muscle groups that are responsible for movement of the thigh include the…

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Adductor, gluteal, and lateral rotator

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The flexors that move the lower leg, commonly known as the hamstrings, include the…

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Biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus

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The extensors that move the lower leg, commonly known as the quadriceps, include the…

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Rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis, and vastus medialis

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Major muscles that produce plantar Flexion involved with movement of the lower leg are the…

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Gastrocnemius, soleus, and tibalis posterior

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The actions that the arm muscles produce that are not evident in the action of the leg muscles are…

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Pronation and supination

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Common functional actions of the muscles of the forearm and the upper leg involve…

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Flexion and extension

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One of the effects of aging on the muscular system is…

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Tolerance for exercise decreases

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The number of satellite cells steadily decreases with age and the…

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Amount of fibrous tissue increases

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For all the body systems, the muscular system…

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Generates heat that helps maintain normal body temperature

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While the integumentary system helps the skin surface remove excess heat generated by muscle activity,…………mechanisms are also coordinating responses to maintain homeostasis.

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  1. Respiratory
  2. Nervous
  3. Cardiovascular
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The two factors that interact to determine the effects of individual skeletal muscle contraction are the…

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Anatomical arrangement of the muscle fibers and the way the muscle attaches to the skeletal system

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In compartment syndrome, accumulated blood and fluid trapped within a musculoskeletal compartment results in…

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Ischemia

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When a muscle contracts and it’s fibers shorten, the…

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Insertion moves toward the origin

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The rectus muscles, which lie between the vertebral spines and ventral midline, are important…

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Flexors of the spinal column

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Attaching a muscle to a lever can change the…

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  1. Direction of an applied force
  2. Distance and speed of movement applied force
  3. Strength of force
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A collagenous sheet connecting two muscles is an…

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Aponeurosis

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What is the origin and insertion of the genioglossus muscle?

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Originates at chin and inserts at tongue

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The muscles that are synergistic with the diaphragm during inspiration are the….

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External intercostals

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When playing an instrument such as a trumpet, the muscles used to purse the lips and blow forcefully is the….

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Buccinator

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The most powerful and important muscle used when chewing food is the…

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Masseter

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If you are engaging in an activity in which the action involves the use of the levator scapulae, you are…

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Shrugging your shoulders

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The muscular elements that provide substantial support for the loosely built shoulder joint are collectively referred to as the…

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Rotator cuff

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The biceps muscle makes a prominent bulge when…

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Flexing the forearm supinated

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The carpal tunnels that are associated with the wrist bones are formed by the presence of…

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Tendon sheaths crossing the surface of the wrist

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If an individual complains because do shin splints, the affected muscles are located over the…

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Anterior surface of the leg