Soc 14: Muscular System Flashcards
Voluntary muscles
voluntary muscles are under your control, you can choose when to contact or relax them All these muscles are attached to the steleton via tendons When your muscles contract movements take Place.
Involuntary muscles
Involuntary muscles are not under our control. They contract
and relax automatically controlled by the involuntary nervous
system. They can be found in the digestive organs, circulatory
and urinary systems.
Cardiac
Only found in the wall of the heart it is a very specialised type
of involuntary muscle. Cardia muscle is made up of interlaced
fibres. These fibres can spread electronical signals from the
brain right through the heart so that all the cells can contract
together. This regulates your heart rate and means that when
you exercise your heart keeps pumping in the right way.
Deltoid
Moves the arm in all directions at the shoulder
Pectoralis major
Adduct the arm at the shoulder
Latissimus dorsi
Adduct and extend tge arm at the shoulder
Bicep
Flew the arm at the elbow
Tricep
Extend the arm at the elbow
External obliques
Pull the chest downward; flex and rotate the spiral column
Gluteals
Adduct and extend leg at the hips, pull the leg backwards
Hip flexor
Flex the hip, help move the leg and knee up towards the body
Quadriceps
Extend the leg at the knee
Hamstring
Flex the leg at the knee
Gastrocnemius
Point the toes, help flexing the knee
Tibialis anterior
Pull the toes up towards the skin