Muscular System Flashcards
1
Q
What are the functions of the muscular system?
A
- Support
- movement –> body, materials (food through GI tract, air movement into lungs)
- vocalization
- heat (by-product)
2
Q
Mononucleated, irregular actin/myosin arrangement, involuntary muscles are which type?
A
Smooth muscle
3
Q
What is a myogenic contraction
A
A contraction that does not require a nerve to occur. It is found in cardiac muscle.
4
Q
What type of muscles is formed from fused myoblasts?
A
Skeletal muscle
