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52 Cards in this Set
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Rectus
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fibers run straight
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Transverse
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fibers run at right angles
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Oblique
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fibers run obliquely
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Maximus
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largest
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Minimus
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smallest
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Longus
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longest
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Brevis
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shortest
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Name the origin and insertion of the sternocleidomastoid
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the sternum and clavicle are the origins and the insertion is the mastoid process
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Shape of deltoid
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triangular
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Shape of Trapezius
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Trapezoid
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adductor
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brings a part toward the midline
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Abductor
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draws a part away from the midline
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Flexor
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flexes
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Extensor
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extends
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Origin
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where the muscle originates
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Belly
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main part, thickest part of the muscle
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Insertion
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opposite end of the origin, usually crosses at least one joint
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Skeletal Muscle
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attached to the skeletal system and is responsible for the movement of bones. Skeletal Muscle tissue is voluntary
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Cardiac Muscle
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Forms the majority of the heart walls and is found only in the heart. Involuntary. Most easily identified with the intercalated discs.
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Smooth Muscle
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Is found along the GI tract, Involuntary and nonstriated
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Muscle Fiber
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composed of repeating units of sacromeres. Filled with sarcoplasm in empty areas.
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Where are sarcomeres found?
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in the sarcolema
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Myofibril
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bundled unit of myofiliments
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Sarcomere
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unit of myofiliments consisting of thin and think filaments
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Fasicles
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bundles of fibers
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Endomysium
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outer membrane of fasicle
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Perimysium
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outer membrane of a group of fasicles,
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Epimysium
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bundles fasicles are surrounded by the empimysium
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Tendon
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anchors muscles to bone or muscle to muscle, made of fibrous connective tissue that anchors into the periosteum of the bone
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Muscles of the Head
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promote facial expression, insert into the skin or other muscles not bone
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Frontal belly/ frontalis function
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wrinkles forehead skin horizontally
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Occipital belly, occipitalis function
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pull scalp posteriorly
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Temporalis function
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helps with movement of mandible
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Orbicularis oculi function
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aids in blinking and squinting
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Zygomaticus function
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raises lateral corners of the mouth
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Orbicularis oris function
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kissing and whistling muscle, purses and protrudes lips
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Masseter function
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chewing muscle, closes jaw and elevates mandible
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Sternocleidomastoid function
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rotates head, flexes head
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Pectoralis major function
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prime mover of arm, arm adductor
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Deltoid
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abducts arm
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Trapezius
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stabilizes, rotates, retracts scapula
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Latissimus dorsi
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adducts arm, depresses scapula
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Infraspinatus
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helps to hold the head of the humerus in the glenoid cavity, stabilizes shoulder joint, rotates humerus laterally
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Supraspinatus
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stabilizes shoulder, in abduction. Origin is the supraspinous fossa of the scapula and Insertion is the greater tubercle of the humerus
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Erector Spinae muscles and functions
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Longissimus, Iliocostalis, and Spinalis Group, extend and bend the vertebral column
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Triceps brachii
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forearm extensor
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Biceps brachii
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forearm flexor, Origin is the coracoid process of scapula and Insertion is the radial tuberosity of radius
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Brachialis
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forearm flexor
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Brachioradialis
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forearm flexor
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Name the first 3 muscles involved in flexing the wrist
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Flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, palmaris longus
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Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
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adducts wrist
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Extensor digitorum
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flaring fingers, abducts fingers
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