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Muscles Flashcards

1
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How many muscles in the body

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600+

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Functions of the muscular system

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Movement of bones Pumping of blood and carrying of nutrients to all parts of the body. Controlling air movement in and out of the lungs The muscle action in the esophagus, stomach and intestine, help to break down food and eliminate waste.

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Types of muscle

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Smooth, striated, heart

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Other name for smooth muscle and function

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Called unstriated muscles. Located in gastrointestinal tract and blood vessels. (Involuntary)

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Other name for striated muscle

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Skeletal muscle 40% of the body’s weight.

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Other name for heart muscle. And function

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Cardiac muscle: a special type of striated cell for using in the wall of the heart.

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Fiber

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Thousands of cylindrical muscle cells forming a skeletal muscle.

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Endomysium

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Wraps and separates the neighboring fibers in a fine layer of connective tissue.

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Perimysium

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Connective tissue surrounding a bundle of 150 fibers

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Epimysium

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Connective tissue wrapping around the entire muscle

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Fasciculus

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A bundle of 150 fibers.

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Tendon

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Strong parallel fibers massed tightly together. Connecting muscle to bone or muscle to muscle

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Fast twitch

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Usually activates in sprints.

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14
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Slow twitch

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Endurance training

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What is different about Muscles than other soft tissues.

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They can shorten and lengthen. Contract and relax

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Frontalis

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Temporalis

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Ocularis oculi

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Zygomaticus

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Obituaris Oris

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Sternocleidomastoid

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Pectoralis major

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Biceps brachii

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Rectus abdominus

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External obliques

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Transversus abdominus

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Adductor group

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Saritorius

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Vastus medialis

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Rectus femomorus

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Vastus lateralis

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Tibialus anterior

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Peroneus longus

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Tensor fascia lata

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Triceps brachii

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Laitissimus dorsi

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External obliques

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Gluteus medius

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Gluteus Maximus

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Adductor muscle

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Biceps femorus

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Semitendinosus

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Gastrocnemius

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