Muscular System

Question 1

The study of muscles

Answer 1

Myology

Question 2

What is the purpose of the muscles?

Answer 2

Enable movement, support the body, maintain posture, produce body heat

Question 3

Away from the body

Answer 3

Abduction

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Toward the body

Answer 4

Adduction

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Tendon of the gastrocnemius that inserts at the tarsus and hock

Answer 5

Achilles tendon

Question 6

Antagonists

Answer 6

A muscle acting in opposition to another

Question 7

Broad sheet of connective tissue that serves as a tension to attach muscles to bone or bind muscles together

Answer 7

Aponeurosis

Apo- meaning derived from, and neur/o- meaning nerves

Question 8

Involuntary (smooth) muscles that raise the hairs on the back

Answer 8

Arrector pili

Question 9

Biceps brachii

Answer 9

Flexor of the distal foreleg

Question 10

Flexor of the distal hind limb

Answer 10

Biceps femoris

Question 11

Type of striated muscle fiber found in the heart

Answer 11

Cardiac

Question 12

Muscle found in the spermatic cord that raises and lowers the testicles

Answer 12

Cremaster

Question 13

Muscle of the dermis responsible for insect- repelling skin twitch

Answer 13

Cutaneous trunci

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Diaphragm

Answer 14

Wall between abdominal and thoracic cavities

Question 15

Epaxial group

Answer 15

Muscles of the dorsal back. Sometimes used for IM injections

Question 16

Muscles that extend a part of the body

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Extensors

Question 17

Respiratory muscles between the ribs

Answer 17

External intercostals

Question 18

Muscle that compresses and supports the abdomen

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External oblique

Kind of reminds me of an accordion contracting and relaxing from the sides

Question 19

Fibrous membrane that encloses the muscles and separates them into groups

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Fascia

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Fibers

Answer 20

Muscle threads or filaments. Usually in bundles

Question 21

Muscles that flex a part of the body

Answer 21

Flexors

Question 22

Gastrocnemius

Answer 22

Muscle of the distal hind limb that flexes the leg and extends the foot

(Calf)

Question 23

Group of muscles on the dorsal pelvis. Sometimes used for IM injections

Answer 23

Gluteal group

Question 24

The more movable of the 2 points of attachment of a muscle

Answer 24

Insertion

Question 25

Respiratory muscles situated between the ribs

Answer 25

Internal intercostals

Question 26

Muscle that compresses and supports the abdomen

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Internal oblique

Question 27

The broadest muscle of the back

Answer 27

Latissimus dorsi

Question 28

Connects bone to cartilage

Answer 28

Ligament | Carti L age, L igament

Question 29

Connects bone to bone

Answer 29

Ligament

Question 30

Center attachment of abdominal muscles on the ventral walls

Answer 30

Linea alba

Question 31

Muscle of mastication (chewing)

Answer 31

Masseter | Looks like mass-eater

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The nerve that connects to a muscle

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Motor nerve

Question 33

Neuromotor unit

Answer 33

A combination of the nerve cell and its group of muscles that are stimulated to cause muscle contractions

Question 34

Muscle of the eyelids

Answer 34

Obicularis oculi

Question 35

The less movable of 2 points of attachment of a muscle

Answer 35

Origin

Question 36

Group of muscles in chest. Sometimes used for IM injections

Answer 36

Pectoral group

Question 37

Muscles that actively produce a movement/ are mostly responsible for a movement

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Prime movers | Like the protagonists to the antagonists

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Quadriceps femoris group

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Group of muscles important for extension of the hind limb

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Sarcolemma

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Plasma membrane of the muscle cells

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Cytoplasm of the muscle cells

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Sarcoplasm

Question 41

Flexors of the distal hind limb

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Semi group (hamstring group)

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Group of muscles important for supporting the trunk

Answer 42

Serratus group

Question 43

Striated, voluntary muscle

Answer 43

Skeletal

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Non- striated, involuntary muscle

Answer 44

Smooth

Question 45

Muscles that work together to aid the prime movers

Answer 45

Synergists (Like the supporting characters of a story. S upporting, S ynergist

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Connective tissue surrounding tendons where there is a long distance to attachment or the tendon pulls over a joint

Answer 46

Tendon sheath

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Extensor of distal foreleg

Answer 47

Triceps brachii

Question 48

Wasting away of muscle

Answer 48

Atrophy