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Muscular System Flashcards

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What is the Muscular System?

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Covers, shapes, and supports the skeletal tissue

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How many muscles does the body have?

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630 muscles and it’s 40% of your body’s weight

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How many muscles are of the face?

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30 facial muscles

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What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?

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Skeletal/voluntary (contract under conscious thought), Smooth/involuntary (not under conscious control), Cardiac/heart (not under conscious control)

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What are the 3 parts of a Skeletal/voluntary muscle?

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Origin, belly, insertion

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What does the Origin part of a voluntary muscle do?

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Flexes but remains stationary (doesn’t move). Is the more fixed part of muscle closest to skeleton

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What is the Belly part of a voluntary muscle?

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Middle part of the muscle

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What is the Insertion part of the muscle?

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Part of muscle that is the moveable attachment and furthest from skeleton

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What esthetic treatments can positively influence muscle tissue?

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Massage, electrical therapy current, light rays, dry heat, moist heat

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What are the Scalp Muscles?

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Frontalis, occipitalis and 2 temporalis on the sides

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What is the Frontalis muscle?

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Scalp muscle that raises the eyebrows, draws the scalp forward and causes wrinkles

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What is the Epicranus muscle?

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Scalp muscle AKA occipitofrontalis which covers the top of the skull and has two parts (frontalis and occipitalis)

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What is the Occipitalis muscle?

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Scalp muscle on back of the epicranius, is the muscle that draws the scalp backward

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What are the muscles of the Eyebrow?

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Corrugator, orbicularis oculi, and the levator palpebrae superioris muscle

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What is the Corrugator muscle?

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Eyebrow muscle located beneath frontalis and orbicularis oculi. Draws eyebrow down and wrinkles the forehead vertically

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What is the Orbicularis Oculi muscle?

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Ring muscle of the eye socket, closes the eyes

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What is the Levator Palpebrae Superioris muscle?

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Controls the eyelid and can be easily damaged during makeup application

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What are the muscles of the Nose?

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The Procerus and nasalis

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What is the Procures muscle?

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Nose muscle which lowers the eyebrows and causes wrinkles across bridge of the nose

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What is the Nasalis muscle?

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2 part muscle which covers the nose and includes the transverse part and the alar part which flair the nostrils

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What are the Mouth muscles?

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The Buccinator, triangularis (depressor anguli oris), mentalis, orbicularis oris, levator anguli oris, risorius, levator labii superioris (quadratus labii superioris) and zygomaticus

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What is the Buccinator muscle?

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Thin flat muscle of the cheek between the upper and lower jaw that compresses the cheeks and expels air between the lips (blowing a whistle)

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What is the Triangularis muscle?

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AKA depressor anguli oris. Is the muscle extending alongside the chin that pulls down the corners of the mouth

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What is the Mentalis muscle?

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Muscle which elevates the lower lip and raises and wrinkles the skin of chin

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What is the Oribicularis Oris muscle?

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Flat band around the upper and lower lips that compresses, contracts, puckers and wrinkles the lips

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What is the Levator Anguli Oris muscle?

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Muscles associated with smiling

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What is the Risorius muscle?

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Muscle which draws the corners of the mouth out and back when grinning

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What is the Levator Labii Superioris muscle?

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AKA quadratus labii superioris. Muscle associated with lifting the wings of the nose and upper lip

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What is the Zygomaticus muscle?

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Major and minor are muscles extending from the zygomatic bone to the angle of the mouth that elevates the lip, as in laughing

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What are the Mastication muscles?

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Masseter and temporalis (chewing muscles)

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What is the 3 muscles of the Ear?

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Auricularis muscles. Auricularis superior (upward), anterior auricularis (forward), and Auricularis posterior (backward)

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What are the Neck muscles?

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Platysma and sternocleidomastoid

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What is the Platysma muscle?

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Neck muscle extending from the chest and shoulder muscles to the side of the chin. Responsible for lowering the lower jaw and lip

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What is the Sternocleidomastoid muscle?

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(SCM) is the muscle extending alongside of the neck from the ear to the collarbone. Acts to rotate the head from side-side and up-down

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What are the muscles that attach the arms to the body?

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Latissimus dorsi and pectoralis major/minor

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What is the Latissimus Doris muscle?

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Muscle that is large, flat, triangular which covers the lower back

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What is the Pectoralis Major/minor muscle?

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Muscles of the chest that assist swinging movements of the arm

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What are the Arm and Shoulder muscles?

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Trapezius, biceps, deltoid and triceps

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What is the Trapezius muscle?

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Muscle that covers the back of neck, shoulders, and upper and middle region of back; shrugs shoulders and stabilizes scapula

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What is the Bicep muscle?

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Produces the contour of the front and inner side of the upper arm; lifts forearm, flex elbow, and turn palm inwards

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What is the Deltoid muscle?

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Large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint that allows the arm to extend outward and to side of body

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What is the Tricep muscle?

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Large muscle that covers the entire back of the upper arm and extends the forearm

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What is Abduction?

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Process of separating/spreading fingers apart

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What is Adduction?

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Process of all fingers together as a whole

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What is Flexion?

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When muscles move to pull the body part toward the core of the body

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What is Extension?

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When muscles straighten/extend

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What is Pronate?

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When muscles turn inward (palm faces downward)

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What is Supinate?

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When muscles rotate (palm upward)

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