FA - Muscles Flashcards
1
Q
Name the 3 types of muscle
A
Smooth - involuntary
Cardiac Muscle - involuntary
Skeletal Muscle - voluntary
2
Q
Name some functions of Muscles
A
Produce movement
Maintain posture and positions
Protect Organs
Produce heat
Drive circulatory systems
3
Q
Who has the balloonist theory
A
Erasistratis - ‘Animal Spirit’ flows from head to muscles.
4
Q
Who’s disproved Erasistratis theory
A
Jan Swammerdam - frog muscle contraction and water went down showing that volume decreases by a small amount
