Chapter 2: Muscular system

Question 1

the muscular system

Answer 1

covers, shapes, and supports the skeletal tissue. fibrous tissues with the ability to stretch and contract according to the demands of the body’s movements.

Question 2

number of muscles and composition

Answer 2

the human body has over 630 muscle, responsible for 40% of the body’s weight. there are 30 facial muscles.

Question 3

Skeletal or voluntary muscle tissue

Answer 3

contract with conscious thought

Question 4

smooth or involuntary muscle tissue

Answer 4

not under conscious control

Question 5

Cardiac muscle tissue

Answer 5

specific to heart function and are not under conscious control

Question 6

origin

Answer 6

fixed part of the muscle closest to the skeleton, flexes but remains stationary

Question 7

belly

Answer 7

middle part of the muscle

Question 8

insertion

Answer 8

moveable attachment and farthest from the skeleton.

Question 9

pressure in massage is usually directed from

Answer 9

insertion to origin

Question 10

muscle tissue can be positively influenced during a esthetic treatment by:

Answer 10

massage, electrical therapy current, light rays, dry heat, moist heat,

Question 11

there are four muscles of the scalp:

Answer 11

frontalis, occipitalis, and two temporalis on the sides

Question 12

frontalis

Answer 12

raises eyebrows, draws the scalp forward, and causes wrinkles on the forehead

Question 13

epicranius aka occipitofrontalis

Answer 13

covers the top of the head. has 2 parts, occipitalis and frontalis.

Question 14

occipitalis

Answer 14

the back of the epicranius that draws the scalp backward

Question 15

muscles of the eyebrow

Answer 15

corrugator, orbicularis oculi, and levator palpebrae superioris muscles.