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Plantarflexion

Increasing the angle of the ankle joint

Skeletal and smooth

Elongated muscle cells

Microfilaments

Contraction of muscles is due to the movement of

Muscle meaning

Myo and mys refer to

Flesh

Sarco refers to

Skeletal characteristics

Attached be tendons to bone; cells are multinucleate; striated; and voluntary

Connective tissue layers

Endomysium, Perimysium, Epimysium, and Fascia

Connective tissue wrapping

Back (Definition)

Endomysium

Encloses a single muscle fiber

Perimysium

Wraps around a fascicle (bundle) or muscle fiber

Epimysium

Covers the entire skeletal muscle

Fascia

On the outside of the Epimysium

Tendons

Cord of dense fibrous tissue attaching a muscle to a bone; mostly collagen fibers

Aponeuroses

Attach muscle directly to bone, cartilage, or connective tissue coverings; sheetlike

Sites muscles attachments

Bones, cartilage, and connective tissue coverings

Smooth muscle characteristics

No striations, spinal-shaped cells, single nucleus, involuntary, and found in walls of hallow organs

Prime mover

Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement

Prime mover

Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement

Superficial Posterior

Back (Definition)

Prime mover

Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement

Superficial Posterior

Back (Definition)

Superficial anterior

Back (Definition)

Prime mover

Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement

Superficial Posterior

Back (Definition)

Superficial anterior

Back (Definition)

Deltoid vastus lateralis gluteus Maximus

Three places to get shots

Prime mover

Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement

Superficial Posterior

Back (Definition)

Superficial anterior

Back (Definition)

Deltoid vastus lateralis gluteus Maximus

Three places to get shots

Fascicle arrangement

Back (Definition)

Opposition

Thumb touching each finger

Extension

Flexing you leg to the front

Extension

Flexing you leg to the front

Tissue wrapping

Back (Definition)

Extension

Flexing you leg to the front

Tissue wrapping

Back (Definition)

Comparison of muscles

Back (Definition)