Muscle Types Flashcards
What are the 3 different types of muscle ?
Cardiac, involuntary and voluntary
What does the cardiac muscle do ?
Transports blood around the body from the heart
What does the involuntary muscles do ?
Used for vascular shunting and digestive muscles
What does the voluntary muscles do ?
The muscles involved in skeletal movement ?
What are muscles made up of ?
Muscle fibre
What is vascular shunting ?
It is the movement of blood away form the digestive system and directed towards voluntary muscles
3 voluntary muscles ?
Bicep, deltoid, hamstring
What’s an antagonistic muscle pair ?
a pair of muscles that work together to produce movement
What’s the antagonist ?
the relaxing muscle at the given time for the movement
What the agonist ?
The muscle that is contacting to pull on the bone for movement
