Muscles: Chicken, Slow/Fast and more Flashcards

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What is the muscle on the side of the head called?

A

Temporalis

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To straighten the arm at the elbow what does the bicep and the tricep muscle do?

A

Returns to its original length;contracts

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When muscles receive messages from the nervous system, what are they doing?

A

Contract and shorten

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4
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What can Skeletal muscle do?

A

Only contract

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What are the muscles found in the heart?

A

Cardiac

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What is the best “synonym” for voluntary?

A

Unforced

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Why are voluntary muscles also known as skeletal muscles?

A

They make your skeleton move

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What is a strong connective tissue that attaches bone to bone?

A

Ligament

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What is not a characteristic of the cardiac muscle?

A

Get tired

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10
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What is the muscle around the eye?

A

Obicularis oculi

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What do fast twitch muscle have?

A

Fewer mitochondria than dark meat

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