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Decrease the angle of the joint (bending at the elbow) |
Flexion |
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Increase the angle of the joint (bending the elbow outward) |
Extension |
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To cause a part of the body to lower (opening mouth) |
Depression |
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To cause a part of the body to elevate (to close the mouth) |
Elevation |
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The only thing a muscle can do is |
Shorten or contract |
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Muscles exist only to |
Cause motion |
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They... Generate heat when they work Provide cushion for bone Cause motion when they cross a joint Only do work when they shorten Give the body shape
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Muscles |
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Muscles use ? For energy |
Sugar |
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Muscles require ? Except for short periods of work? |
Oxygen |
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Muscles produce ? as waste product |
Lactic acid |
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? Removes waste product |
Blood flow |
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Nerves connect to ? Then electric impulse stimulates and shortens ? |
The muscle |
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True or false? Muscles don't connect to bone? |
True |
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What connects muscle to bone? |
Tendons |
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True or false? Tendons don't contract |
True |
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The belly is the ? Of the muscle? |
Working part |
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In order to have motion a muscle has to |
Cross a joint |
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Muscle fibers are band together to make groups that are called |
The muscle belly |
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What attaches the muscle belly to bone? |
Tendon |
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Muscles can stretch but ? Can stretch only to a point |
Tendons |
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The masseter muscle is important for |
Chewing |
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What 2 muscles elevate the TMJ? |
Masseter & Temporalis |
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"Strippers muscle" can cause motion in the |
Breast |
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This muscle is involved in elevating the TMJ and assist the masseter? |
Temporalis |
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What muscle is involved in depressing the mandible? It runs from the mandible to the breast tissue. |
Platysma |
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One of the largest and most superficial cervical muscles. The primary actions of the muscle are rotation of the head to the opposite side and flexion of the neck. |
SCM Sternocleidomastoid |
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I've rotated my nose to the right, which SCM muscle did I use right or left? |
Left |
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A set of muscles that ruin down the entire length of the spine. Is purpose is to straighten and rotate the back. |
Erector spinae |
When muscle contracts it pulls the head to the back. |
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What muscle group is responsible for trunk flexion |
Abdominals |
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What muscle is responsible for extension (bending backwards) |
Erector Spinae |
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What muscle is responsible for bringing the arm backwards |
Triceps |
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What muscle is responsible for bringing the arm forward? |
Biceps |
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A diamond shaped ridge of muscle that runs between the neck and the shoulder that raise the shoulders up and brings the neck to the shoulder? |
Trapezius |
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What muscles are used in abduction |
Deltoids and suprapinatous (rotator cuff) |
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What muscles are used for adduction? |
Lattissimus & Dorsi (swimmers muscle) |
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What muscles are used for shoulder internal rotation with flexion? |
Pectoralis mojor |
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The elbow only has two motions what are they? |
Flex or extend |
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What muscles are responsible for elevation of the shoulder? ( shrug and trigger points) |
Trapezius |
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What muscles are used to flex the wrist and fingers? |
Flexors |
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Where are flexors located |
Medial (on the inside of the elbow) |
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What muscles are responsible for extending the fingers and wrist? |
Extenders |
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Where are extenders located |
Lateral (on the outside of the elbow) |
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What motion brings the knee to the chest? |
Hip flexion |
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What muscles used for hip flexion? |
Flexor- quadricep and psoas |
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What muscles are used to bring your leg behind you? |
Gluteus Maximus |
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What muscles are used for hip extention? |
Gluteus maximus |
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The knee only has 2 motions. What are they? |
Flexion and extension |
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What muscles cause the knee to extend? (straightening of the knee) |
Quadriceps |
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What muscle runs from the femur across the hip joint and inserts into the patella and connects to the tibia? |
Quadriceps |
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What muscle runs from the pelvis to the lower leg? |
Hamstrings |
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What muscle causes flexion (bending of the knee)? |
Hamstrings |
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What muscles are the "jumpers muscle" |
Quadriceps |
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What muscles are used to push toes downward? |
Gastrochemius ( Achilles tendon) |
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What muscles are used to pull toes upward? |
Tibialis anterior |
Dorsiflexion |
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The is the major muscle responsible for breathing. It is a thin, dome-shaped muscle that separates the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity. (The chest from the andomen) |
Diaphragm |
During inhalation, the diaphragm contracts, so that its centre moves caudally (downward) and its edges move rostrally (upward). |
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What is the term used to describe when the stomach comes up through the diaphragm? |
Hiatal hernia |
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Muscle tissue in which the contractile fibrils are not highly ordered, occurring in the gut and other internal organs and not under voluntary control " involuntary" |
Smooth muscle |
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An involuntary, striated muscle that is found in the walls and histological foundation of the heart, specifically the myocardium. This is one of three major types of muscle, the others being skeletal and smooth muscle. |
Cardiac muscle (heart muscle) |
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What muscles are used to do pull-downs at the gym? |
Lattissimus Dorsi |
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What muscles are used to do sit ups? |
Abdominals |
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What muscles are used in kicking a football? |
Hip flexion |
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What muscles are used in throwing a baseball |
Multiple muscles |
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What muscles are used to do curls at the gym? |
Biceps |
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What muscles are used to do push-ups at the gym? |
Triceps |
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What muscles are used in bowling? |
Shoulder motions; Almost every major muscle group is involved in throwing a bowling ball. |
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What is another name for rotator cuff |
Supraspinatus |
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What is another name for swimmer's muscle |
Lattissimus |
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What is another name for Gastrochemius |
Achilles tendon |
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