Muscles Flashcards

1
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types of muscle tissue

A

skeletal, smooth, cardiac

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2
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skeletal muscle

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strained muscle/ voluntary; contracts rapidly found in fibers that connect t tendons that attach to bones

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3
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smooth muscle

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no striations & involuntary; twi layers, contracts slow and sustained, found in stomach and respiratory system

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4
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cardiac muscle

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strained and involuntary; slow contraction and controlled, found in heart

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5
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muscles functions

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movement, maintaining posture, generating heat, stabilizing joints

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6
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muscles are responsible for mobility of body

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movement

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7
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responsible for skeletal muscle

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maintaining posture

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8
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maintaining normal body temperature

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generating heat

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9
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true or false: muscles stabilize join that have poor fit

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true

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10
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muscles properties

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excitability, contractility, extensibility, elasticity

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11
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receive and respond to stimulus

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excitability

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12
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can forcibly shorten themselves when stimulated

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contractility

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13
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can be stretched

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extensibility

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14
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can return back to normal state after being stretched

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elasticity

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15
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muscles fatigue

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lactic acid build up when body uses more oxygen in tissues than normal, leading to soreness, weakness, and burning sensation

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16
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oxygen deficit

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oxygen shortage in cells by exercise

17
Q

muscles tone

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tension in muscles

18
Q

flexion

A

decrease in angle in two joints (fetal position)

19
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extension

A

increase angle in two joints

20
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abduction

A

moving joint away from the body

21
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adduction

A

joint moving towards body midline

22
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circumduction

A

circular movement

23
Q

muscles responsible for the bulk of the movement

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prime mover

24
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cannot move and can only be relaxed and stretched

A

antagonists

25
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help prime movers by producing same movement by stabilizing the movement; being able to clench fist while wrist isn’t moving

A

synergists

26
Q

muscles that maintained posture

A

fixators

27
Q

what kills people with muscular dystrophy or myasthenia gravis

A

respiratory problems