Muscular System Flashcards
1
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Skeletal Muscles
A
Bones, tendons, and ligaments.
2
Q
Cardiac Muscle
A
Lines the walls of your heart. No control over them
3
Q
Smooth Muscle
A
Line interior of organs like bladder, stomach, and intestines.
4
Q
Functions of muscles
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Breathing, speaking, swallowing, food digestion, moving, hearing, and seeing
5
Q
Conditions including diseases that impact muscles
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Neuromuscular disease (myopathies), cancer, cardiovascular, persistent pain, muscular dystrophy (muscle weakness that’s hereditary) bacteria infections
Chemotherapy can induce muscle soreness or medication that is used to treat high blood pressure
