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Muscular System #3 Flashcards

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1
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What is an attachment site that does not move?

A

Origin

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2
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What is an attachment site that does move?

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Insertion

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3
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What is the name of the muscle that is responsible for most of the movement?

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Prime mover/ agonist

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4
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What is the name of the muscles that helps the prime mover by stabilizing joints?

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Synergist

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5
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What produces movement opposite to the prime mover?

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Antagonist

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6
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What is the anatomical term that means wasting away of a muscle?

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Atrophy

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What motion describes bending a body part so that the angle is decreased?

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Flexion

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What motion describes straightening a body part so that angle is increased?

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Extension

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9
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What movement describes turning the foot and ankle inward?

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Inversion

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10
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What movement describes turning the foot and ankle outward?

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Eversion

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What movement describes turning the palm of the hand downward?

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Pronation

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12
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What movement describes turning the palm of the hand upward?

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Supination

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13
Q

What muscle pulls the head to one side?

A

Sternocleidomastoid

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14
Q

What muscles raise the eyebrows?

A

Frontalis

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15
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What muscle abducts and extends the arm at the shoulder?

A

Deltoid

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16
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What muscle flexes the arm at the elbow?

A

Biceps brachill

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17
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What muscle extends the arm at the elbow?

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Triceps brachili

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18
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What muscles pull the arm across the chest?

A

Pectoralis major

19
Q

What muscle flexes and abducts the wrist?

A

Flexor carpi radials/ulnaris

20
Q

What muscle extends the wrist?

A

Extensor carpi ulnaris

21
Q

What anatomical structure separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity?

A

Diaphragm

22
Q

What muscle extends the finger but not the thumb?

A

Extensor digitorum

23
Q

What muscle expands and lowers the ribs during breathing?

A

External and internal intercoastals

24
Q

What muscle compresses the abdominal wall?

A

External/Internal obliques

25
Q

What muscle flexes the thigh?

A

Psoas major and iliacus

26
Q

What muscle extends the thigh?

A

Gluteus maximus

27
Q

What muscles adduct the thigh?

A

Adducter longus and magnus

28
Q

What muscle flexes the leg at the knee and extends the leg at the hip?

A

BIceps femoris, Semitendi

29
Q

What extends the leg at the knee?

A

Quadriceps

30
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What muscle flexes the foot and flexes the leg at the knee?

A

Gastrocnemius

31
Q

What term describes injuries due to over-stretched muscles or tendons?

A

Strains

32
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What term describes injuries that result in tears to tendons, ligaments, and/or cartilage of joint?

A

Sprains

33
Q

What disorder affects the gastrointestinal tract and various muscle groups - is a rare and potentially fatal illness caused by a toxin?

A

Botulism

34
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What is the name of the disorder that is a fairly common condition that causes chronic pain primarily in joints, muscles, and tendons?

A

Fibromyalagia

35
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What is an inherited disorder characterized by muscle weakness and a loss of muscle tissue?

A

Muscular dystrophy

36
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What is a painful inflammation of a tendon and the tendon-muscle attachment to a bone?

A

Myasthenia gravis

37
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What does the acronym RICE mean?

A

Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevating, (Prevention)

38
Q

How long should someone leave ice on an injury?

A

15-30mins

39
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After an acute injury, how many hours can a person use ice and it still be effective?

A

24-72 hours

40
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List the three things that can help prevent strains and sprains:

A
  1. Warm up muscles
  2. Stretching
  3. Cooling down
41
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Hypertrophy

A

Enlargement of the …………….

42
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Dorsiflexion

A

Pointing the toes up

43
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Splenius Capitis

A

Rotates the head, allows it to bend to the side

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