muscular system (BM2 derived)

Question 1

what are the skeletal muscles

Answer 1

associated with bones and support/enable the movement

Question 2

what are skeletal muscles consisted of

Answer 2

skeletal muscle fibers

Question 3

how are muscles connected to bone

Answer 3

tendons

Question 4

what are tendons

Answer 4

dense regular tissue

Question 5

how does the contraction of muscle occur

Answer 5

pulling of the attached bone to cause movement

Question 6

how are the names of muscles generated

Answer 6

based on direction of muscle fibers, size, shape, bone and bone structures, attachments to bone

Question 7

why are rat specimens used for learning gross anatomy

Answer 7

systems in the rat and anatomical structures are comparable to humans (also anatomical orientation, terminology, structure names are also similar)

Question 8

how are structures named

Answer 8

based on position, relationship to structures and organs, appearance, and function

Question 9

how are veins and arteries distinguished in rat specimens

Answer 9

injected with red and blue latex dyes (yellow dyes may also be used to trace blood circulation in the hepatic portal system)