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Muscular system Flashcards

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Three basic muscle types are found in the body

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Skeletal muscle
Cardiac muscle
Smooth muscle

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Each muscle is a discrete organ, composed of:

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Each muscle is a discrete organ, composed of:
muscle fibers
blood vessels
nerve fibers
connective tissue
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Endomysium

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Endomysium - encloses a single muscle fiber

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Perimysium

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wraps around a fascicle (bundle) of muscle fibers

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Epimysium

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Epimysium - surrounds entire muscle

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Sites of muscle attachment

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Bones (with or without tendons)
Cartilage
Aponeuroses - connective tissue sheet-like covering

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Skeletal muscle functions

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Produce skeletal movement
Maintain body posture and body position
Stabilize joints
Generate heat

Support soft tissue and surrounding visceral organs and internal tissues
Move blood and fluids through body, plus aiding with respiration
Guard entrances and exits – swallowing, digestive, urinary
Provide nutrient reserves - starvation

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Muscle cell (myocyte) =

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Muscle cell (myocyte) = muscle fiber

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Cell membrane =

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Cell membrane = sarcolemma

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Cytoplasm =

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Cytoplasm = sarcoplasm

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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) =

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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) = sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)

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Contain hundreds of nuclei
Filled with cylindrical structures called myofibrils
Contain actin and myosin

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muscle fibers

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complex organelle composed of bundles of myofilaments

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Myofibril or Fibril

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Specialized smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Stores and releases calcium
Surrounds the myofibril

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)

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How do actin and myosin act to contract the muscle and make it move?

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Actin and myosin slide past each other causing the fibre to shorten
The fibre lengthens when the actin and myosin go back to their original places

Actin & myosin give the muscle it’s striated look under the microscope

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When a nerve impulse reaches the axon terminal of the motor neuron,

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1.Calcium channels open, and calcium ions enter the axon terminal
2.Calcium ion entry causes some synaptic vesicles to release acetylcholine (ACh)
3. ACh diffuses across the synaptic cleft and attaches to receptors on the sarcolemma of the muscle cell
I4.f enough ACh is released, the sarcolemma becomes temporarily more permeable to sodium (Na)
5.Depolarization opens more sodium channels that allow sodium ions to enter the cell
Once started, the action potential cannot be stopped, and contraction occurs
6. Enough depolarization allows for Ca2+ to be released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)
Surrounds the myofibrils and allows for actin and myosin to link
7. K+ efflux causes repolarization and reuptake of Ca2+ back into the SR
8. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) breaks down acetylcholine into acetic acid and choline
AChE ends muscle contraction

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If neuromuscular junction sites are altered

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If neuromuscular junction sites are altered
can’t bind with ACh - muscle weakness will occur
Ex: Myasthenia Gravis

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Muscle fibers contain a reddish brown pigment called ________
Fibers that are red have high amounts of _______, while those that are white have low amounts
_______ allows for high amounts of oxygen to be available to muscle fibers

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Myoglobin

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Properties of muscle fibers

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Excitability (also called responsiveness or irritability) - ability to receive and respond to a stimulus
Contractility - ability to shorten when an adequate stimulus is received
Extensibility - ability of muscle cells to be stretched
Elasticity - ability to recoil and resume resting length after stretching

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Skeletal muscles must be stimulated by a ________ _______ to contract

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Skeletal muscles must be stimulated by a motor neuron (nerve cell) to contract

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one motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle cells stimulated by that neuron

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Motor unit

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Single, brief contraction

Not a normal muscle function

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Twitch

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One contraction is immediately followed by another
Because stimulations are more frequent, the muscle does not completely return to a resting state
The effects are “summed” (added

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Summing of contractions

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Some relaxation occurs between contractions, but nerve stimuli arrive at an even faster rate than during summing of contractions
Unless the muscle contraction is smooth and sustained, it is said to be in ______ _______

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Unfused (incomplete) tetanus

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No evidence of relaxation before the following contractions
Frequency of stimulations does not allow for relaxation between contractions
The result is a smooth and sustained muscle contraction

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Fused (complete) tetanus

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If muscle activity is strenuous and prolonged, muscle fatigue occurs because:

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If muscle activity is strenuous and prolonged, muscle fatigue occurs because:
Ionic imbalances occur
Lactic acid accumulates in the muscle
Energy (ATP) supply decreases

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The common reason for muscle fatigue is

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The common reason for muscle fatigue is O2 debt

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Isotonic contractions

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Isotonic contractions
Muscle shortens and the muscle contraction causes movement
Example is bending knee, rotating arms, smiling

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Isometric contractions

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Isometric contractions
Tension in the muscles increases – generate force without movement
The muscle does not shorten

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Aerobic exercise – uses high amounts of O2

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Aerobic exercise – uses high amounts of O2
Increases heart rate
Increases blood supply to muscles
Increases body metabolism
increases digestion and elimination
Improves coordination
Increased bone density
Improved blood flow to whole body
Efficient gas exchange at lungs
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atrophy

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response when muscles are not used as much and they decrease in size

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fixator

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designed to stabilize a joint during movement. fixators groups in ankle prevent them from wobbling when standing

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antagonist

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muscles that oppose the action of another muscle

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synergist

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synergist also known as “helper muscles”, that assist the primer mover. can produce same movement or stabilize joints across where prime mover acts, preventing undesirable movements

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35
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_____ of the muscle attaches to the more movable bone

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Insertion

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36
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_____ of the muscle attaches to the stationary (unmovable) bone

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origin

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muscle’s function to response to stimuli

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irritability

38
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gap junctions that promote rapid conduction of electrical signals throughout the heart

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intercalated discs

39
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nonstriated muscle

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smooth muscle

40
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moves the bones of the face

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skeletal muscle

41
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Cardiac and Smooth are involuntary while skeletal is _______

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voluntary

42
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Cardiac and ______ muscles are striated

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Skeletal

43
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Touching the thumb to other fingers

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Opposition

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Forearm rotation medially so that the palm faces posteriorly and the ulna and radius are crossed

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Pronation

45
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Forearm rotation laterally so that the palm is facing anteriorly and the radius and ulna are parallel

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Supination

46
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A combination of all the movements, commonly seen in ball and socket joints where the proximal end of the limb is stationary while the distal end moves in a circle

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Circumduction

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Opposite of abduction; movement of a limb toward the body midline

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Adduction

48
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moving a limb away in the frontal plane from the median plane of the body, spreading the fingers apart

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Abduction

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Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis.

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Rotation

50
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]Opposite of flexion; movement in the saggital plane that increases the angle of the joint or distance between two bones or parts of the body.

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Extension .

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Movement in the saggital plane that decreases the angle of the joint and brings two bones closer together.

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Flexion

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A place where a muscle attaches on a bone that is moved by the muscle.

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Insertion

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Origin

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Origin A place where a muscle attaches on a bone that is not moved by that muscle.

54
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A metabolic process that doesn’t require oxygen. Glucose is broken down to pyruvic acid to produce some ATP. Pyruvic acid is then converted to lactic acid.

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Anaerobic Glycolysis

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A metabolic process requiring oxygen and taking place in the mitochondria. Glucose and fat are broken down to carbon dioxide and water in order to release energy.

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Aerobic Respiration

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The process in which creatine phosphate, a high energy molecule, has its energy released to ADP in order to regenerate it to ATP.

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Direct Phosphorylation

57
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A unit of stored energy which muscles use initially for contraction. Only 4-6 seconds of ATP energy is stored by muscles. The bonds within ATP are broken in order to release the energy.

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ATP

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The place at which the nervous system is connected to the muscular system through a synapse. It is here in which the muscle cells are simulated by a single neuron

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Neuromuscular Junction

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A structure within a unit of myofibril. It is a membrane which actin is embedded in.

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Z Disc

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The contractile unit of a myofibril consisting of Z-discs, A-bands, and I-bands.

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Sarcomere

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Microfilaments of actin and myosin in repeating subunits.

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Myofibrils

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The special type of smooth endoplasmic reticulum found in smooth and striated muscle fibers whose function is to store and release calcium ions.

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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The cell membrane of a striated muscle cell.

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Sarcolemma

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Cardiac Muscle

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One of the three types of muscle tissues. These have striations, usually a single nucleus, are joined together by another muscle cell by an intercalated disc, function involuntarily, and are found only in the heart.

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Smooth Muscle

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One of the three different types of muscle tissue. This muscle has no striations and is formed from spindle shaped cells, they possess a single nucleus, move involuntarily, and are found mainly in the walls of hollow organs.

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A type of connective tissue formed when epimysium blends into particular connective tissue attachments.

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Collagen Fibers of the Skin

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A sheet like structure whose primary function is to join muscles to the body parts (bone or muscle) the muscles act upon.Is formed by epimysium blending into connective tissue attachments.

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Aponeurosis

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Is a cord like structure which connects muscles to bones. It is formed by epimysium blending into connective tissue attachments.

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Tendon

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Epimysium

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A connective tissue wrapping which covers the entire skeletal muscle.

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Perimysium

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Perimysium A connective tissue wrapping which wraps itself around a fascicle (bundle) of cells/fibers.

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Endomysium

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A connective tissue wrapping which wraps itself around a single muscle cell/fiber.

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One of the three types of muscles. Muscles move voluntarily and are attached by tendons to bones. They are long, multinucleate (have multiple nucleus), appear striated (due to arrangement of actin and myacin), and are surrounded and bundled by connective tissue. (which supplies nutrients)

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Skeletal Muscle

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A type of tissue which is responsible for movement in body. This movement produces heat as a byproduct.

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Muscles

74
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Skeletal muscles named based on:

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Skeletal muscles named based on:
Region of body (femoris = thigh)
Position (posterior = back)
Nature of origin or insertion (biceps = two heads)
Shape (deltoid = triangle)
Size (maximus = largest)
Action (flexor = bending movement)
75
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Support and position axial skeleton

Aid in breathing

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Axial Muscles

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Support, move, and brace limbs

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Apendicular Muscle

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Facial muscles

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Frontalis - raises eyebrows
Orbicularis oculi - closes eyes, squints, blinks, winks
Orbicularis oris - closes mouth and protrudes the lips
Buccinator - flattens the cheek, chews
Zygomaticus - raises corners of the mouth

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Chewing muscles

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Chewing muscles
Masseter - closes the jaw and elevates mandible
Temporalis - synergist of the masseter, closes jaw

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Neck muscles

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Platysma – pulls the corners of the mouth inferiorly

Sternocleidomastoid – flexes the neck, rotates the head

80
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Anterior muscles

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Pectoralis major - adducts and flexes the humerus

Intercostal muscles – movement of rib cage for breathing

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Muscles of the abdominal girdle

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Rectus abdominis - flexes vertebral column and compresses abdominal contents (defecation, childbirth, forced breathing)
External and internal obliques - flex vertebral column; rotate trunk and bend it laterally
Transversus abdominis - compresses abdominal contents

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Posterior muscles

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Trapezius - elevates, depresses, adducts, and stabilizes the scapula
Latissimus dorsi - extends and adducts the humerus
Erector spinae - back extension
Quadratus lumborum - flexes the spine laterally
Deltoid - arm abduction
because of the size of the deltoid, it is a favorite site for injections of small amounts (less than 5 mL)

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Muscles of the upper limb

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Biceps brachii - flexes elbow
Brachialis - elbow flexion
Brachioradialis - weak muscle for elbow flexion

Triceps brachii - elbow extension (antagonist to biceps brachii)

Biceps brachii, brachialis, and brachioradialis are all anterior muscles, while triceps brachii is the only posterior muscle

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Muscles causing movement at the hip joint and thigh

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Gluteus maximus - hip extension
Gluteus medius - hip abduction
Iliopsoas - hip flexion
Adductor muscles - adduct the thighs
Sartorius - flexes the thigh
85
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Hamstring group - thigh extension and knee flexion

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Biceps femoris
Semimembranosus
Semitendinosus

86
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Quadriceps group - extends the knee

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Rectus femoris (also flexes hip)
Vastus muscles (three)
Vastus lateralis
Vastus intermedius
Vastus medialis
87
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Muscles causing movement at ankle and foot

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Tibialis anterior - dorsiflexion
Gastrocnemeus – plantar flexion (and weak knee flexor)
Soleus - plantar flexion

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If muscle activity is strenuous and prolonged, muscle fatigue occurs because:

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If muscle activity is strenuous and prolonged, muscle fatigue occurs because:
Ionic imbalances occur
Lactic acid accumulates in the muscle
Energy (ATP) supply decreases

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Aerobic respiration

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Aerobic respiration
Glucose is broken down to CO2 and H2O, releasing ATP
Slower reaction that requires O2
Series of metabolic steps occurring in the mitochondria
Lasts for a very long time

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Anaerobic glycolysis and lactic acid formation

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Breakdown of glucose without O2
Glucose  pyruvic acid  lactic acid
This reaction is not efficient, but is fast
Only lasts for 30 – 60 seconds

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Direct phosphorylation of ADP by creatine phosphate (CP)

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Direct phosphorylation of ADP by creatine phosphate (CP)
Muscle cells store CP
CP = high-energy molecule
After ATP is depleted, ADP is left
CP transfers energy to ADP, to regenerate ATP
CP supplies are exhausted in less than 15 seconds

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Aerobic exercise

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uses high amounts of O2
Increases heart rate
Increases blood supply to muscles
Increases body metabolism
increases digestion and elimination
Improves coordination
Increased bone density
Improved blood flow to whole body
Efficient gas exchange at lungs

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