Muscles, Tendons, Bones Flashcards
Ligament
connects bone to bone prevents over extension
tendon
muscle to bone
smooth muscle
hollow organs
lungs liver spleen stomach ect
cardiac muscles
heart muscles
skeletal muscle
highly elastic and is responsive to nerve impulses
isometric contraction
contraction without movement
ex pushing against a wall
concentric contraction
contraction where muscle shortens ex flexing arm in for bicep curl
eccentric contraction
muscle releases gradually as it gets longer like stretching
red twitch
highly oxygenated
fast twitch
sprinting fibers anaerobic
slow twitch
endurance muscles aerobic
white muscles
low in myoglobin good for fast twitch muscles
fascia
filmy substance over muscles that holds it in place and helps store water, heat and scar tissue
golgi apparatus
send messages to and from the brain
proprioreception
mind body connection
muscle spindles
prevent over extension its when your brain tells you your doing too much to your body