Deale_Celeste Test Muscular System Flashcards
- Explain slow twitch
Is found in a great amount of marathon runners, uses more oxygen then fast twitch, has more mitochondria that fast twitch, is darker than fast twitch (44. WKST - Muscular System)
- What is a tricep
An extensor (39. CLF- Exterior Muscles of the Body)
- What kind of muscle is a bicep
A flexor ( 39. CLF - Exterior Muscles of the Body)
- What might happen if one of your tendons snapped in half?
You wouldn’t be able to move a bone(44. Wksht- Muscular System)
- Muscles used in closing the jaw. Which is the major muscle in closing the jaw?
Masseter and temporalis (46. CLF- Muscles of the Head)
- Used in frowning
Frontalis (46. CLF- Muscles of the Head)
- Used in blinking and winking
Obicularis oculi (46. CLF- Muscles of the Head)
- Used to pull your checks or blow a trumpet
Buccinator (46. CLF - Muscles of the Head)
- Which muscle contracts so that you can bend your leg at your knee?
Quadriceps femoris (39. CLF - Exterior muscles of the body)
- _________ provides support for the abdomen and its many organs
Rectus abdominus (39. CLF - Exterior Muscles of the Body)
- Straplike muscles that extend the ribs from the pelvis
Rectus abdominus (39. CLF - Exterior Muscles if the Body)
- A muscle attached to a bone by connective tissue called a(n)
Tendon (44. WKST - The Muscular System)
Essay: Define flexion and extension and the exception of this.
Flexion if a joint decreases the angle in the joint from the body in an anatomical position. Extension is when the joint returns to the anatomical position or increased the angle. Most Flexion takes place in a forward direction. The exception to this is the leg where flexion of a leg results in bending of the knee. (44. WKST - The Muscular System)
