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17 Cards in this Set
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Name the types of muscles? |
Skeletal Cardiac Smooth |
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How many muscles are in the body? |
600 |
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To provide muscular movement the muscles must? |
Shorten or contract |
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How do muscle cells shorten? |
Chemical energy from nutrients transforms into protein and converts into mechanical energy |
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Skeletal muscle tissue have 3 names, what are they? |
Skeletal muscle Striated muscle Voluntary muscle |
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Dark bands in cardiac muscles are also known as? |
Intercalated disks |
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Which muscular tissue is non-striated and tapered at the end? |
Smooth |
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Where in the body do you find smooth muscles ? |
Hollow visceral organs such as the digestive tracts, blood vessels and urethra |
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What is evisceration? |
All the visceral organs taken out |
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What is a fascicle? |
Group of muscle fibers wrapped around the muscle organ |
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Loose connective tissues that is a sticky packing material between muscles, bones and the skin is known as? |
Fascia |
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The muscle attachment to the more stationary bone is called |
The origin |
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The muscle attachment to a more movable joint is called |
Muscle insertion |
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What is the function of a tendon |
Anchors the muscle and the bone |
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Origin Insertion Body |
Origin Insertion Body |
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What is RICE |
Rest Ice Compress Elevate |
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When muscles lengthen during tension they are knows as? |
Eccentric contractions |
