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MUSCLES AND GLANDS Flashcards

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1
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The brain interprets them and the body reacts through the ____ and ____

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Muscles
Glands

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These are muscles that can be moved at the person’s will

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Voluntary muscles

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Voluntary muscles sometimes calles

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Striped muscles

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They are attached to some bone muscles

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Skeletal muscles

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These are muscles that cannot moved at will

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Involuntary muscles

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Generally found in the internal organs of the body, that is why they are sometimes called

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Visceral muscles

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7
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Visceral also known as

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Smooth muscles

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Muscles found in the heart

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Cardiac mascles

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Cardiac muscles also called

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Heart muscles

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10
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4 characteristics of muscles

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• contractility
• extensibility
• elasticity
• tonicity

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11
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Is the ability of the muscles to be in the condition of healthy tension or partial contraction at rest

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Tonicity

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12
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Is the power of the muscles to go back to its original size and shape after contracting or stretching

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Elasticity

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13
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Is the capacity of muscles to be stretched or made longer

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Extensibility

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Is the characteristics of muscles to change from a long narrow shape while at rest and a shorter and thicker form while in action

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Contractility

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15
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Function of muscles

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• muscles give shape to the body
• muscles secure the internal organs of the body
• muscles are made for motion
• muscles are utilized for locomotion
• muscles are used to produced heat in the body
• muscles likewise aid the body in communicating

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16
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Are special secreting organs which pour the secretion either directly into the blood streams or pass it through the ducts or canals

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Glands

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Glands that have no canals

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Ductless gland or endocrine glands

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Glands which have canals

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Duct glands

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This system is composed of series of glands that produce chemical substance called hormones

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Endocrine system

20
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Are chemical messengers that bind to receptors in order to send their signals

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Hormones

21
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The most influential gland

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Pituitary gland

22
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Located at the base of the throat

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Thyroid gland

23
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It is a flat like butterfly gland that secretes two known hormones

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Thyroxine
Idothyroxine

24
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Is a condition of stunted growth and mental retardation

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Cretinism

25
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Characterized by the low basal metabolism

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Myxedema

26
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Glands are found behind the thyroid gland

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Parathyroid glands

27
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Controls the balance of different minerals in the blood stream specially calcium

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Parathormone

28
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Stiffening of the hand and fingers, muscles cramps and irritability

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Tetany

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Glands that located in the top of each kidney

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Adrenal gland

30
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Adrenal gland is made up of 2 parts

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• adrenal cortex
• adrenal medulla

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It secretes cortin

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Adrenal cortex

32
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Secretes adrenaline hormones which give extra energy needed during emergency

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Adrenaline medulla

33
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An internal organ that secrets hormones called insulin and glucagon

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Pancreas

34
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Sex glands

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Gonads

35
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Male gonad

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Testes

36
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Secrete hormone of testes

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Testosterone

37
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Female gonads

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Ovaries

38
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Ovaries secrete hormone called

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Estrogen and progesterone

39
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Responsible for secondary sex characteristic

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Estrogen

40
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Stimulates the thickening of the uterine lining

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Progesterone

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