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Muscles Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 types of muscles?

A

Skeletal, Smooth, and cardiac

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2
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what are Ligaments?

A

Tissue that connects bone to bone

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3
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What are tendons?

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Tough bands of connective tissue that joins muscle to bone.

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4
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what are Fascia?

A

connective tissue that covers, supports, and seperates muscles.

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5
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What is Tissue?

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Masses of cells that have similar function and form

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6
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what is muscle tissue

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a collection of cells that shorten during contraction, therefore creating tension that results in movement

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7
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What is Skeletal Muscle?

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Muscles that are attached to bones vie connective tissue tendons

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8
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is Skeletal muscle fatigue-resistant?

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No

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9
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What is smooth muscle?

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Muscles surrounding body’s internal organs+ blood vessels, respiratory tract, Iris(eye), and gastrointestinal tract

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10
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Their contractions are…

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Slow and uniform and can be sustained for a long period of time.

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11
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their activation is…

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involuntary

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12
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is smooth muscle fatigue resitant?

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Yes

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13
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What is Cardiac Muscle?

A

Found only in the heart, contracts the heart, and is very fatigue resistant.

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14
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What is epimysium?

A

the connective tissue surrounding the whole muscle

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15
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What is perimysium?

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connective tissues surrounding each fascicle.

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16
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what is a fascicle?

A

perimysium wrapped muscle fibers

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17
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What is endomysium?

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the connective tissue surrounding each muscle fibre

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18
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what is muscle fibre?

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a muscle cell

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19
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The ability of muscle to respond to stimulus?

A

Irritability

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20
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Ability to transmit nerve impulses?

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conductivity

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21
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ability to shorten in length?

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Contractibility

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22
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ability to extend in length?

A

extensibility

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23
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Ability to stretch and return to normal position?

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elasticity

24
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Concentric contraction is?

A

when muscle fibres shorten

25
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Eccentric contraction is?

A

when muscle fibres lengthen

26
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when muscle fibres don’t change length?

A

Isometric

27
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Vastus?

A

Huge

28
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Maximus?

A

Large

29
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Longus?

A

Long

30
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Minimus?

A

Small

31
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Brevis?

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Short

32
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Deltoid?

A

triangular

33
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Rhomboid?

A

like a rhombus with equal and parallel sides

34
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Latissimus?

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Wide

35
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Teres?

A

Round

36
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Trapezius?

A

Like a trapezoid

37
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Rectus?

A

Straight

38
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Transverse?

A

Across

39
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Oblique?

A

Diagonally

40
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Pectoralis?

A

Chest

41
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Gluteus?

A

Buttock

42
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Brachii?

A

Arm

43
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Supra?

A

Above

44
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Infra?

A

below

45
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Sub?

A

under or beneath

46
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laterallis?

A

lateral

47
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Abductor?

A

Moves parts of the body away

48
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Adductor?

A

moves parts of the body toward

49
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Flexor?

A

causes a joint to bend, decreasing joint angle

50
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extensor?

A

causes a joint to straighten

51
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Lavator?

A

lifts a structure

52
Q

What are the 3 Hamstrings muscles?

A

Biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendonosus

53
Q

what are the 3 gluteal muscles?

A

Gluteus Maximus, Gluteus Medius, Gluteus Minimus

54
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what are the 4 Quadriceps femoris muscles?

A

Rectus Femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis

55
Q

What are the 5 Muscles pairs

A 
Biceps+Triceps
Quads+hamstrings
Deltoid+Latissimus Dorsi
Gastrocnemius and soleus+Tibialis
Gluteus Medius and minimus+ adductor Magnus

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