Skeletal Muscle Movement Flashcards
what produces the movement?
skeletal muscles by exerting force on tendons
the tendons attach to and pull on bones
what is the origin?
the attachment to the stationary bone
what is the insertion?
the attachment to the moveable bone
what serves as a lever?
bones
what serves as a fulcrum?
joints
what is the lever acted on?
resistance
effort
how many types of levers?
3
1st class (scissors)
2nd class (wheel barrow)
3rd class (tweezers)
what are the 3 parts of leverage?
Fulcrum
Load
Effort
what are fascicular arrangement correlated with?
the amount of power of a muscle can produce
the range if motion a muscle can produce
what are the 3 muscle groups?
Agonist
antagonist
synergist
how are muscles named?
location
size
number of origins
appearance
direction of fibers
origin and insertion
muscle action
where are muscles of facial expression?
lie within the SubQ layer, originating on the fascia or bones of skull and inserting into the skin
what are the muscles called that move the eyeballs?
Extrinsic eye muscles
what are the 3 pairs of extrinsic eye muscles?
~Superior and inferior recti
~Lateral and medial recti
~Superior and inferior obliques
where is the levator palpebral superioris?
passes the eyeball and inserts into the upper eyelid