Muscles Flashcards
What system covers, shapes, and supports the skeletal tissue?
Muscular system
_______ are fibrous tissues with the ability to stretch and contract according to the demands of the body’s movements. This system can contract and move various parts of the body. What system is it?
Muscular system
What is the prefix of Myo-/My
Muscle
The human body has over _______ muscles. Which is responsible for approximately __% of the body’s weight.
630, 40%
Out of the over 630 muscles, __ are facial muscles.
30
There are 3 types of muscle tissue. Name them.
Skeletal, smooth and cardiac
These voluntary muscles contract with conscious thought.
Skeletal muscle
These involuntary muscles are not under conscious control.
Smooth
These muscles are specific to heart function and are not under conscious control.
Cardiac muscles
A skeletal muscle has 3 parts. Name them.
Origin
Belly
Insertion
This is the more fixed part of the muscle closest to the skeleton, which flexed but remains stationary.
Origin
This is the middle part of the muscle
Belly
This is the part of the muscle that is the movable attachment and farthest from the skeleton.
Insertion
Pressure in massage is usually directed from the ______ to the ______.
Insertion to the origin
Muscle tissue can be positively influenced during an esthetic treatment by: 5 methods. What are they?
Massage
Electric therapy current
Light rays
Dry heat
Moist heat
There are 4 muscles of the scalp. Name them
Frontalis
Occipitalis
Temporalis (2)
This muscle is the scalp muscle that raises the eyebrows, draws the scalp forward and causes wrinkles in the forehead
Frontalis
This muscle is the back of the epicranius, is the muscle that draws the scalp backward.
Occipitalis
This tendon connects the Frontalis and Occipitalis
Aponeurosis
There are 3 muscles to the eyebrow. What are they?
Corrugator
Orbicularis Oculi
Levator palpebrae superioris muscle
The corrugator and the procerus together are called the
Glabella
The glabella are muscles that are often injected with
Botox