The Muscular System

Question 1

Name the 3 types of muscles

Answer 1

Cardiac, smooth, and skeletal

Question 2

What encloses muscles?

Answer 2

Fascia

Question 3

Describe skeletal muscle

Answer 3

Striated muscles that function due to voluntary movement. Attatched to the bones.

Question 4

Describe smooth muscle

Answer 4

Found within or around internal organ. Distinct due to involuntary movement

Question 5

Describe cardiac muscle

Answer 5

Muscle found in the myocardium. Looks similar to skeletal muscle but functions involuntary.

Question 6

Function of skeletal muscle

Answer 6

Providing and preventing movement (working against gravity in both ways)
Taking the strain of the joints
Allowing the opening and closing of structures
Providing heat for homeostasis

Question 7

Function of the smooth muscle

Answer 7

Assisting organs in properly functionining

Question 8

Function of cardiac muscle

Answer 8

To pump blood in and out of the heart

Question 9

Describe the structure of the cardiac muscle

Answer 9

Organized into sacromers that contain fibers connected to eachother with intercalated discs.

Question 10

Describe the nomenclatures of muscles

Answer 10

defined by divisions (bicep and tricep), size (maximus and minimus), shape (deltoid), and action/

Question 11

DC

Answer 11

Doctor of Chiropractic

Question 12

DO

Answer 12

Doctor of Osteopathy

Question 13

EMG

Answer 13

Electromyogram

Question 14

MD

Answer 14

Muscular Dystrophy

Question 15

MG

Answer 15

myasthenia gravis