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Muscular System Flashcards

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myology

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scientific study of muscles

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skeletal muscle

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attached primarily to bone, striated and voluntary

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cardiac muscle

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most of the heart, striated and involuntary

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smooth muscle

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walls of hollow internal organs, blood vessels, stomach, non-striated, involuntary

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functions of muscle tissue

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  1. produce body movements 2. stabilize body positions 3. store and move substances within the body 4. generate heat
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tendon

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"”pick up sticks”” (panty hose) fascia, stretched beyond muscle as connective tissue attaches muscle to bone

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muscle fascicle

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groups of 10 to 100 or more muscle fibers, arranged in bundles

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muscle fiber (cell)

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1 ““pick up stick”” each muscle is a separate organ composed of hundreds of long, cylindrical cells, lie parallel to one another. contains myofibrils

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myofibrils

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"”piece”” threads in sarcoplasm, extends lengthwise. contain the myofilaments

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myofilaments

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what thick and thin filaments are called, contractile proteins

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thick filament- myosin

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2 golf clubs twisted together, produce power stroke

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thin filament- actin

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twisted helix, binding site for myosin

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thin filament- tropomyosin

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covers the myosin head-binding site on actin in relaxed muscle

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thin filament- troponin

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once bound to calcium, drags tropomyosin away from the binding sites

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sarcomere

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describes the arrangement of the above myofilaments. compartments where think and thick filaments are arranged. basic functional unit of the muscle cell

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sarcoplasm

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muscle fiber cytoplasm

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the sliding filament mechanism

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describes a muscle contraction. the length of the filaments do not change, filaments overlap, shortening the sarcomere as the muscle contracts.

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sarcoplasmic reticulum

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a fluid filled cavity around each myofibril that stores calcium via the calcium pump

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calcium

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in relaxed muscle, calcium is stored in the sarcoplasmic reticulum. when released starts the filaments sliding (contracts)

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what must happen for a muscle to contract?

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motor neuron, action potential, acetylcholin is released, release of calcium, calcium released from sarcoplasmic reticulum, calcium binds to troponin

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ATP

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energy source that makes all this happen

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how does muscle fiber relax?

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action potential stops, acetylcholine stops, calcium chambers close, calcium pump removes the remaining calcium, myosin heads no longer can bind, muscle will now relax

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origin of muscle

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attachment to tendon to stationary bone

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insertion of muscle

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attachment of other tendon to movable bone

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belly of muscle

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fleshy portion of muscle between the tendons

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muscles of facial expression

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originate in the bones of skull and insert into the skin

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frontal belly

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scalp anteriorly

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occipital belly

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scalp posteriorly

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orbicularis oris

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closes and protrudes the lips. shapes the lips during speech

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zygomaticus (major and minor)

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muscles for smiling

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levator labii superioris

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raises upper lip

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depressor labii inferioris

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depresses lower lip

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buccinator

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major cheek muscle

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platysma

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draws lower lip inferiorly, depresses mandible

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orbicularis oculi

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closes eye

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intrinsic of eyeball

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muscles that would originate and insert inside the eye

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extrinsic of eyeball

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outside the eye. fastest contracting and most precisely controlled skeletal muscles of the body.

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superior rectus

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eyeball superiorly

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inferior rectus

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eyeball inferiorly

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lateral rectus

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eyeball laterally

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medial rectus

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eyeball medially

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superior oblique

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rotate eye on axis

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inferior oblique

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rotate eye on axis

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muscles that move the mandible

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muscles of mastication

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masseter

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elevates the mandible as in chewing

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temporalis

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elevates and retracts mandible as in chewing

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muscles that move the tongue

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need for chewing, swallowing

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extrinsic of tongue

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outside the tongue, moves the entire tongue

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intrinsic of tongue

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inside the tongue, alter the shape of the tongue

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placement of hyoid bone

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in the neck, between mandible & larynx, doesn’t articulate with any other bone

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sternocleidomastoid

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flex cervical/neck area, flex head and rotate head to side

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semispinalis capitis

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acting together, extend head, singly, rotate head to side

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splenius capitis

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acting together, extend head. singly rotate head to same side

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tendionous intersections

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anterior surface of the rectus abdominis is interrupted by 3 transverse fibrous bands of tissue

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linea alba

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(white line) tough, fibrous band extends from the xiphoid process of the pubic symphysis

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rectus abdominis

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flexes vertebral column, lumbar and compresses abdomen

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external oblique and internal oblique

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acting together, flexes vertebral. singly, latterly flexes vertebral column

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transversus abdominis

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compresses abdomen

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muscles in anterolateral abdominal wall superficial to deep

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external oblique, internal oblique, transversus abdominis

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diaphragm

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dome shaped, most important muscle that powers breathing. results in inhalation

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intercostals

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breathing muscles, between the ribs

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external intercostals

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inhalation

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internal intercostals

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exhalation

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muscles of pelvic floor

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pelvic diaphragm, stretches from pubis to the coccyx and one lateral wall to the other

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levator ani and coccygeus and ischiococcygeus

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supports and maintains position of pelvic viscera

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muscles of the perineum

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inferior to the pelvic diaphragm

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external urethral sphincter

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expels last drop of urine and semen

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external anal sphincter

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keeps anal canal and anus closed

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pectoralis minor

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(anterior,deep) abducts scapula and rotates it downward

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serratus anterior

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(anterior, saw-toothed) abducts scapula and rotates it upward. punching and pushing

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trapezius

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(posterior) located in the neck and upper back area. elevates scapula, extends head

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pectoralis major

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located in the upper chest. adducts and medially rotates arm at shoulder joint. crosses arms

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latissimus dorsi

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triangular muscle located in the middle and inferior part of back. draws arms inferiorly and posteriorly

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deltoid

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located over shoulder. abducts arm, flex and medially rotate and extend and laterally rotate at shoulder joint

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rotator cuff muscles

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strengthens and stabilizes the shoulder joint. supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis

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muscles that move the radius and ulna

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most cause flexion and extension at the elbow which is a hinge joint

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flexors

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anterior surface of the rectus abdominis is interrupted by 3 transverse fibrous bands of tissue

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biceps brachii

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flexes forearm

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brachialis

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flexes forearm

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brachioradialis

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flexes forearm

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extensors

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posterior surface

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triceps brachii

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extends forearm

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muscles that move the wrist, hand and fingers

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are many and varies; located in the forearm

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anterior compartment muscles

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posterior compartment muscles

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flexors retinaculum

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over the palmar surface of the carpal bones

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gluteus maximus

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extends thigh at hip joint and laterally rotates thigh

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gluteus medius

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abducts thigh at hip joint and medially rotates thigh

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gluteus minimus

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abducts thigh at hip joint and medially rotates thigh

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anterior (extensor) compartment

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thigh extends the leg (at knee joint) and flexes the thigh (at hip joint)

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quadriceps femoris

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largest muscle in the body. composite of four separate muscles

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rectus femoris

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only one to flex thigh at hip joint

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vastus lateralis

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all extends leg a knee joint

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sartorius

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longest muscle in body. flexes leg at knee joint. rotates thigh at hip joint

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semimembranosus

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extends thigh at hip joint

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anterior compartment (dorsiflex) - tibialis anterior

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dorsiflexion of foot at ankle joint

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pasterior compartment (plantar flexion) -gastrocnemius

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plantar flexes foot at ankle joint

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posterior compartment (plantar flexion) -soleus

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plantar flexes foot at ankle joint

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calcaneal (achilles) tendon

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superficial muscles share this common tendon of insertion. strongest tendon of the body, inserts into the calcaneal bone of the ankle

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posterior (flexor) compartment

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thigh flexes the leg and extends the thigh

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hamstrings

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composite of three separate muscles

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biceps femoris

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semitendinosus

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flexes leg at knee joint

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isometric contractions

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tension increases greatly without a change in muscle length

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isotonic contraction

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tension remains constant as muscle length decreases or increases

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rigor mortis

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state of rigidity after death, calcium ions leak from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Myosin heads bind to actin that won’t detach from ATP absence. stuck for 24 hours then disintegrate.

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twitch

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brief contraction in motor unit in response to a single action potential in its motor neuron

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muscle tone

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at rest, small amount of tautness or tension due to weak, involuntary contractions of its motor units

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hypotonia (flaccid paralysis)

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loss of muscle tone, loose, flattened. muscles may atrophy and degenerate

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hypertonia (spasticity)

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increased muscle tone may become stiff or rigid

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muscular atrophy

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reduction in size

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disuse

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casting, bedridden

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denervation

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loss of nerve supply

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cellular respiration

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oxygen + glucose = ATP

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botulism

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a disease characterized by severe, potentially fatal paralysis of skeletal muscles, that results from the consumption of a bacterial toxin.

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carpal tunnel syndrome

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inflammation of the sheath that surrounds the flexor tendons of the palm and leads to nerve compression and pain.

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compartment syndrome

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Ischemia that results form accumulated blood and fluid trapped within limb muscle compartments formed by partitions of dense connenctive tissue

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fibrosis

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a process in which a tissue is replaced by fibrous connective tissue. Fibrosis makes muscles weaker and less flexible.

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hernia

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a condition involving an organ or a body part that protrudes through an abnormal opening in the wall fo a body cavity.

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Intramuscular Injection (IM)

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the administration of a drug by injectiong it into the mass of a large skeletal muscle.

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ischemia

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a deficiency of blood (‘‘blood starvation’’) in a body part due to compression of a regional vessels.

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muscle cramps

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prolonged, involuntary, painful mussular contrations.

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muscular dystrophies

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a varied collection of inherited diseases that produce progressive muscle weakness and deterioration.

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myalgia

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muscular pain; a common symptom of a wide variety of conditions and infections.

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myasthenia gravis

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a general muscular weakness that results from a reduction in the number of Ach receptors on the motor end plate

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myoma

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a benign tumor of muscle tissue

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myositis

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inflammation of muscle tissue

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polio

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a viral disease in which the destruction of motor neurons produces paralysis and atrophy of motor units.

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rigor mortis

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a state following death during which muscles are locked in the contracted position, which make sthe body extremely stiff.

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sarcoma

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a malignant tumor of mesoderm-derived tissue (muscle, bone or other ocnnective tissue).

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strains

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tears or breaks in muscles

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tendinitis

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inflammation of the conenctive tissue that surrounds a tendon.

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tetanus

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a disease caused by a bacterial toxin that results in sustained, powerful contractions of skeletal muscles throughout the body.

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