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Muscles Flashcards

1
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Functions of muscles

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Movement
Support
Protection
Heat generation

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2
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Name the types of muscles

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Smooth muscle
Cardiac muscle
Skeletal muscle

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3
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Smooth muscle is…

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Non striated, elongated, spindle-shaped, voluntary

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4
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Smooth muscle is found in

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Internal organs + blood vessels

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5
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Cardiac muscle is…

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Striated, involuntary

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6
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Cardiac muscle is found in…

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The heart (not blood vessels)

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7
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Skeletal muscle is…

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Striated, voluntary + multinucleated

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Skeletal muscle is found

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Attached to bones via tendons

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9
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Origin

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The stationary bone

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10
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Insertion

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The bone that moves

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10
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properties of skeletal muscle

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Excitability, contractability, extensibility, elasticity

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11
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Types of movement

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Flexion
Extension
Rotation
Abduction
Adduction

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Flexion

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Decreasing the angle of the joint

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12
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Extension

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Increasing the angle of the joint

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13
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Rotation

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Turning away a joint

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14
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Abduction

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Moving away from the midline

15
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Involuntary muscle movement is controlled by…

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Automatic nervous system

16
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Voluntary movement is controlled by the…

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Somatic nervous system and the process of coluntary reflex arcs

17
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Muscle gets energy from…

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Blood sugar absorbed through nutrition

18
Q

Name 2 factors of muscle movement

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Chemical reactions in the cell
Messages from the nervous system

19
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Name 3 diseases/disorders of the muscular system

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Arthritis
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Multiple sclerosis

20
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Reasons to treat a patients hand instead of the foot

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Foot infection
Broken foot

21
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Who controls the involuntary muscles

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The medulla oblongata - rod shaped part of the brain below the cerebrum, which controls actions like breathing and our heartbeat

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