Chapter 7 Flashcards
How many skeletal muscles?
over 600
What are the functions of the muscular system?
- allowing us to move about freely through contracting and extending
- support and maintain body posture through a low level of continual contraction (gravity keeps the body in good alignment)
- have a great affect on body temperature because of the heat produced when contracting
What are the 3 types of muscles?
smooth, skeletal muscle, and cardiac muscle
What are skeletal muscles* called? Where are they found?
They are called voluntary (operate under conscious control) muscles and striated muscles
They attach to the bones
What are smooth muscles called?
Where are they found?
- visceral muscles and involuntary (not under conscious control)
- walls of hollow organs and tubes such as stomach, intestines, and respiratory passageways, and blood vessels
What controls smooth muscles?
hormones and the autonomic nervous system
What is cardiac muscle?
muscle of the heart
What is the thin sheets of fibrous connective tissue that holds muscle fibers together called?
fascia*
What is a tendon?
ATTACH MUSCLE TO BONE; The fascia* and the partitions within the muscle extend to form a strong fibrous band of tissue; they attach the muscle to the bone as it becomes continuous with the periosteum of the bone
What is an articulation*?
when muscles cross at least one joint, attaching to both of the bones; when movement occurs, one of the bones moves more freely than the other
What is the point of attachment of the muscle to the bone that is ‘less movable’?
the origin
What is the point of attachment of a muscle to the bone that ‘moves’?
insertion
Will the name of the particular bone name the point of insertion or origin?
insertion
What are the muscles listed that move the head and neck?
buccinator, temporal, masseter*, sternocleidomastoid
What is the cheek muscle?
buccinator*
What is the muscle on the temples above the ear?
temporal*
What is the jaw muscle?
masseter* (Raises the mandible and closes the jaw)
What muscle extends from the sternum upward along the side of the neck to the mastoid process?
sternocleidomastoid or sternomastoid*
What are the muscles listed for the upper extremities?
trapezius, latissimus dorsi, pectoralis major, deltoid, biceps brachii, triceps brachii*
What is the triangular shaped muscle on the shoulder, back of neck and inserts into the clavicle and scapula?
trapezius*
Where is the latissimus dorsi*?
in the lower thoracic region between the humerus and scapula, forms the posterior border of the axilla(armpit)
what is the large fan-shaped muscle that crosses the upper part of the front of the chest?
pectoralis major (originates from the sternum and crosses over to the humerus)
what muscle covers the shoulder joint?
Where does it originate and insert?
- the deltoid* muscle
- originates from the clavicle and inserts on the lateral side of the humerus
Name a muscle used for intramuscular injections.
deltoid *muscle