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63 Cards in this Set

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Hamstring
dorsal surface of leg

Back

Oxygen Deprivation
Decrease in oxygen

Exercise

Stretch every morning
To improve extensibility of muscles

Why?

Hypertrophy
Overuse muscles, chronic cough, emphysemma
Biceps Brachii
In arm
Gastrocnemius
calf muscle

Not stomach

Muscle Fatigue
Decline in use of muscle to generate force

No rest

Shin splints
acute pain in shin

From running

Bursitis
Inflamed fluid filled sack

Bursa/itis

Myalgia
Muscle pain
produced by muscles
Body heat, movement, and shape

3

Latismus Dorsi
Lower back
Diaphram
Helps to breath
Trapezius
Upper back
Sternocleidomastoid
Neck muscle
deltoid
abducts, intramuscular injection
Pectoralis Major
Over ribs

Pecs

Cardiac
Heart muscles
Voluntary muscles
skeletal
muscle elastic
return to shape

Bounce back

buccinator
helps you chew
Insetion
attached to moveable bone
Atrophy
weak flaccid muscles
Muscle Tone
Contracted ready
Muscle spasms
Involuntary contraction of muscle
Contractability
Short thick muscle
Splincter muscles
between esophagus and stomach
muscles contract
Impulse, Axon, Acetylcholine, Synaptic Cleft, and Sarcolemma

IAASCS

Muscles in arm
Biceps, triceps, Brachioradialis

BTB

contracture
Tightening or shortening of muscle
Tendonitis
inflamed tendon
Fibromyalgia
Chronic muscle pain, fatigue, sleep problems, and painful tender points which can be relieved through meds, lifestyle changes, and stress management
tetarus (lockjaw)
Infectious disease caused by toxin Bacillus C. Tetani that involves continuous voluntary muscle spasms
Muscular Dystrophy
muscle weakness and loss of tissue that gets worse over time
Myasthenia Gravis
Progressive muscular weakness and paralysis, sometimes death
Hernia
Organs can protrude through this weak muscle
Oxygen Debt
After exercise, the amount of oxygen needed by the muscle to change latic acid back to glucose
Motor unit
Motor neurons plus all the muscle fibers it stimulates
JunctionNeuromuscular
Junction between motor neurons fiber which transmits the impulse
Irritability
ability to respond to stimuli by producing an impulse
Myoneural stimulation + Contraction of muscle proteins=
Movement and heat
Characteristics of muscles
Contractibility, excitability,extensibility, and elasticity

4

Rectus abdominus
medial
External abdominal oblique
Lateral
Gluteus Maximum
Extends and laterally rotates hip
Gluteus Medius
Tilts pelvis while walking
Rectus fermoris
Extends leg at knee
Sartorrius
Flexes medially rotates leg at knee
Nasair
Nose
Zygomaticus Major
elevates/draws mouth laterally
orbicularus oculi
Closes eyelids
Frontalis
Wrinkles forehead
Muscles of Mastication
Masseter, Temporalis (They elevate mandible), Buccinator (Aids in mastication, tenses cheeks, and aids in closure of mouth)
How are they named
Location, Size, Direction, Number of origins, Location of origin and insertion, Action Flexor, Extensor, and Depressor
Fascia
Fibrous Connective tissue sheets that wrap around muscle bundles
Sphincter Muscle
Also called dilator muscles found in the digestive and urinary systems, special circular muscles
Smooth Muscles
Also called visceral muscles involuntary and are found in walls of digestive system, uterus, and blood vessels
Cardiac Muscles
Found in heart, Striated or branched, and involuntary
Skeletal Muscles
Attached to the bone, stripped appearance, and voluntary
Types of muscles
skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac, Sphincter
Muscle Fibers
Bundles of threadlike structures called myofibrils
Functions of muscular system
Movement, posture, and body heat
Muscular System
Compromises half our weight and over 650 muscles