Muscular System Reviee

Question 1

What is an action of circumduction

Answer 1

Moving in a circle at a joint

Ex. Swinging arm in a circle

Question 2

What is an action of extension

Answer 2

Increasing the angle between two bones

Ex straightening a body part

Question 3

Smooth muscle is always what

Answer 3

Involuntary

Question 4

What is flexion

Answer 4

Decreasing the angle between two bones

Ex. Bending a body part

Question 5

What type of muscle is skeletal muscle

Answer 5

Striated

Question 6

List the four characteristics of muscle

Answer 6

Excitability
Contractility
extensibility
elasticity

Question 7

Where is cardiac muscle found in the body

Answer 7

Only in the heart

Question 8

Which disease is a genetic disease characterized by severe muscle pain that worsens overtime

Answer 8

Muscular dystrophy

Question 9

how is muscle attached to bone

Answer 9

Tendons – strong tough connective tissue

Fascia-A tough sheet like membrane that covers and protects the tissue

Question 10

What are the four functions of muscle tissue

Answer 10

Heat production and energy for the body

movement
posture
protection of internal organs

Question 11

What is my myasthenia gravis

Answer 11

An autoimmune disease that causes the misfire of nerve impulses

Saggy eyelid

Question 12

What is fibromyalgia

Answer 12

Widespread pain from nerve receptors sending pain signals when there is no pain

Question 13

Where is smooth muscle found in the body

Answer 13

Found in internal organs
Veins and arteries

(Digestive or respiratory systems)

Question 14

What is excitability

Answer 14

Ability to receive and respond to nerve signals

Question 15

What is elasticity

Answer 15

Ability to remain in original state

Question 16

What is contractility

Answer 16

Ability to shorten

Question 17

Define muscle strain

Answer 17

Damage to muscle or tendon (painful)

Question 18

What is a muscle cramp (spasm)

Answer 18

Sudden painful involuntary muscle spasm

Question 19

Describe adduction

Answer 19

Moving part towards the midline

Question 20

Describe abduction

Answer 20

Moving part away from the midline

Question 21

What type of muscle is visceral muscle

Answer 21

Smooth and involuntary

Question 22

What type of muscle is found in the respiratory system

Answer 22

Smooth (visceral)

Question 23

A trapezius has what type of muscle

Answer 23

Striated (skeletal)

Question 24

Why do muscles get bigger

Answer 24

When stress is added on them and they heal, they build stronger

You are born with all your fat and muscle cells

Question 25

Describe muscle atrophy

Answer 25

Muscle cells shrink from disease or disuse

Question 26

Muscle cells continue to divide an increase in number even after birth this is muscle hypertrophy

True or false

Answer 26

False

Question 27

What are voluntary and involuntary muscles

Answer 27

Voluntary – controlable

Involuntary – contraction without conscious thought. Or control

Question 28

Define hypertrophy

Answer 28

Enlargement of a muscle or tissue because the cell grows