Muscle Ststem Unit Test Flashcards
What are the 4 roles of skeletal muscle?
- Contract to produce movement
- Sustain body posture and position
- Maintain body temperature
- Stabilize joints
What is the graded response system and how does it work?
The nervous system detects how much force will need to be used in order to do a muscular action, and tells the muscular system to respond accordingly. (A, B, C, D grades with A requiring the most amount of force)
What is an isometric contraction?
A contraction in which there is no change in muscle length, causing no limb or joint motion to occur. (e.g. arm positions while deadlifting)
What is an isotonic contraction?
A contraction in which the muscle changed length, causing limb motion. (e.g. curling a dumbbell)
What are aerobic exercises and their affect on muscles?
These exercises increase heart pumping rates, increasingly supplying blood to muscles. They work to keep your muscles strong (e.g. cycling)
What are resistance exercise and their affect on muscles?
These exercises put muscles against resistance, tearing fibers. They work to increase muscle strength and size (e.g. weightlifting)
What is Flexion?
A movement (usually along the sagittal plane) that decreases joint angle between two bone, bringing them closer together. (e.g. winding up for a soccer ball kick)
What is Extension?
A movement being the opposite of Flexion, increasing the joint angle and distance between two bones (e.g. extending your arm)
What is a Rotation?
A movement along it’s transversal axis, found in ball and socket/pivot joints. (e.g. shaking your head to say “no”)
What is an Abduction? (Not of a child)
A movement of moving a limb away from the midline along the frontal axis. (e.g. taking your arms from your side to form a T-pose or spreading the fingers and toes)
What is an Adduction?
A movement that is the opposite of Abduction, moving a limb towards the midline along the frontal axis. (e.g. going from a T-pose to arms at your sides)
What is a Hyperextension?
An irregular Extension, extending greater than normal. (e.g. fully extending your arm until the elbow sinks in a bit)
What is a Lateral Rotation?
A movement of Rotation away from the midline (e.g. rotating the foot towards the outside or turning the head to look at something)
What is a Medial Rotation?
A movement of Rotation that is the opposite of Lateral Rotation, rotating towards the midline (e.g. rotating the head to look forward or rotating the foot to face frontwards)
What is Circumduction?
A movement that is a combination of Flexion, Extension, Adduction, and Abduction. This movement usually forms a cone shape (e.g. performing arm circles or a baseball player winding up for a pitch)
What is Dorsiflexion?
A movement that bends backwards and contracts the hand or foot. (e.g. bending your hand back to the wrist or standing/walking on your heels)
What is Plantar Flexion?
A movement that is the opposite of Dorsiflexion, moving the foot in a downwards motion, away from the body. (e.g. standing/walking on toes (or) simple walking)
What is Inversion?
A movement that moves the foot so that the sole faces the midline. (e.g. standing on the pinky side of your feet (or) THE BUTTERFLY POSITION!)
What is Aversion?
A movement that is the opposite of Inversion, where the foot is moved so that the sole is faced away from the midline. (e.g. sitting “criss-cross applesauce”, common in children)
What is Supination?
A movement or lack of movement where the radius and ulna bones are parallel with each other. (e.g. extending the arm so that the palm faces upwards (or) holding a bowl of soup, hence SUPination)
What is Pronation?
A movement or lack of movement that is the opposite of Supination, where the radius is rotated across and over the ulna. (e.g. extending the arm so that the palm faces downwards)
What is Opposition?
A movement that takes the tip of the thumb to the tip of a finger, bringing them closer together. (e.g. forming the “ok” sign with your hand)
What is an Insertion?
The attachment point where the Tendon connects to the Bone
What is the Origin?
The point of direct muscle attachment to a bone, without a Tendon.
What is a Prime Mover (agonist)?
A muscle that does the direct action of a contraction (e.g. in flexion of the humerus, the Pectoralis Major is the prime mover)
What is an Antagonist?
A muscle that undoes (reverses) the prime mover and the action they do.
What is a Synergist?
A muscle that helps the Prime Mover in their action and helps prevent rotation.
What is a Fixator?
A muscle that keeps the origin of the prime mover stable (e.g. when you pull down your middle finger, the ring finger moves too)
What does Rectus mean?
It means straight (e.g. “Rectus” before a muscle means that the muscle is straight)
What is the Frontalis and where is it located? (HEAD)
The muscle responsible for elevating the eyebrows, located along the forehead (frontal bone), hence it’s name.
What are the Orbicular Oculi (O. Oculi) and where is it located? (HEAD, PAIRED)
The muscles responsible for controlling (closing) the eyelids, they are located under the eyelids (hence “oculi”) and have circle shape. They also help depress the frontalis.
What is the Zygomaticus and where is it located? (HEAD, PAIRED)
The muscle responsible for controlling the way we smile. It is located on the Zygomatic bones (cheekbones), hence it’s name.
What is the Buccinator and where is it located? (HEAD, PAIRED)
The muscle responsible for controlling the cheeks (hence “buccal”), working with the O. Oris to help swallowing, chewing, blowing, and sucking.