Chapter 6 Pt. 1 Flashcards
What are the traits that all muscles share?
1) are excitable
2) are contractile
3) are extensile
4) are elastic
Contraction of skeletal muscles generates _____
heat
What are synergistic muscles?
muscles that must contract at the same time to cause a certain movement
What are antagonistic pairs?
produce a movement when one of the pair contracts and the other relaxes
Most muscles are ___________ pairs
antagonistic
When antagonistic muscle _________ an opposing action must relax.
contracts
When antagonistic muscle contracts an opposing action must ______.
relax
Most of the major muscles we use for locomotion, manipulation, and other voluntary movements are attached to ______
bones
What are tendons?
a band of connective tissue
What is an origin?
the end attached to the bone that remains relatively stationary during a movement
What is insertion?
the end attached to the bone that moves
What are some major muscles of the body?
1) triceps brachii
2) pectoralis major
3) serratus anterior
4) external oblique
5) rectus abdominis
6) adductor longus
7) sartorius
8) quadriceps femoris
9) tibialis anterior
10) biceps brachii
11) deltoid
12) trapezius
13) latissimus dorsi
14) gluteus maximus
15) hamstring group
16) gastrocnemius
Which major muscle is this: straightens arms at elbow
triceps brachii
Which major muscle is this: flexes and rotates arm
pectoralis major
Which major muscle is this: helps raise arm, draws shoulder blade forward; useful in pushing
serratus anterior
Which major muscle is this: assists in lateral twisting of body, compresses abdomen
external oblique