Muscular System Flashcards
are types of tissue that is concerned on movement.
muscles
are involuntary in function
smooth muscles
are those muscles attached to the skeleton and the voluntary, meaning they will only more when told to do so.
skeletal muscles
are located within the heart and are of two types:
cardiac muscles
is the main bulk of the component matrix of the heart.
ordinary cardiac muscle
are the impulse conducting system of the heart
purkinge fibers
muscles attached to the maxilla mandible and nasal and incisive bones
facial muscles
inserted into the mouth
platisma
runs from the zygomatic bone to the angle of the mouth
zygomaticos
together with zygomaticus
caninus
with platisma, zygomaticus, caninus
buccinators
from the nose to the upper lip
levator naso- labialis
runs from the lower lip to the mandible
levator labii mandibularis
inserted on the mandible near the synphysis.
mentalis
there are seven extrinsic muscles of the eyeball attached to sclera runs along the length of the eye. 4 straight, 2 oblique and one retractor.
eye muscle
straight muscles
- lateral
- medial
- dorsal
- ventral
oblique
- dorsal
- ventral
responsible in rising and lowering the eyebrows.
retractor bulbii
very powerful muscle. interlacing with each other the styloglossus, myoglossus and gehioglossus.
tongue muscles
from the stylohyoid to the tongue
styloglossus
within the tongue transversing the tongue.
myoglossus
from the gniohyoid to the tongue
gehioglossus
muscles responsible for the breaking down of food within the mouth.
masticatory muscles
attached to the masseteric fossa
masseter
inserted into the temporal bone
temporalis
attached in terigoid bone
pterygoideus medialis and lateralis
it has two portion
digatricus
responsible in closing the mouth
cranial bellies
responsible in opening the mouth
caudal bellies