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38 Cards in this Set
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Plantarflexion |
Increasing the angle of the ankle joint |
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Skeletal and smooth |
Elongated muscle cells |
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Microfilaments |
Contraction of muscles is due to the movement of |
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Muscle meaning |
Myo and mys refer to |
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Flesh |
Sarco refers to |
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Skeletal characteristics |
Attached be tendons to bone; cells are multinucleate; striated; and voluntary |
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Connective tissue layers |
Endomysium, Perimysium, Epimysium, and Fascia |
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Connective tissue wrapping |
Back (Definition) |
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Endomysium |
Encloses a single muscle fiber |
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Perimysium |
Wraps around a fascicle (bundle) or muscle fiber |
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Epimysium |
Covers the entire skeletal muscle |
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Fascia |
On the outside of the Epimysium |
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Tendons |
Cord of dense fibrous tissue attaching a muscle to a bone; mostly collagen fibers |
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Aponeuroses |
Attach muscle directly to bone, cartilage, or connective tissue coverings; sheetlike |
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Sites muscles attachments |
Bones, cartilage, and connective tissue coverings |
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Smooth muscle characteristics |
No striations, spinal-shaped cells, single nucleus, involuntary, and found in walls of hallow organs |
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Prime mover |
Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement |
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Prime mover |
Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement |
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Superficial Posterior |
Back (Definition) |
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Prime mover |
Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement |
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Superficial Posterior |
Back (Definition) |
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Superficial anterior |
Back (Definition) |
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Prime mover |
Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement |
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Superficial Posterior |
Back (Definition) |
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Superficial anterior |
Back (Definition) |
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Deltoid vastus lateralis gluteus Maximus |
Three places to get shots |
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Prime mover |
Muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement |
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Superficial Posterior |
Back (Definition) |
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Superficial anterior |
Back (Definition) |
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Deltoid vastus lateralis gluteus Maximus |
Three places to get shots |
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Fascicle arrangement |
Back (Definition) |
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Opposition |
Thumb touching each finger |
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Extension |
Flexing you leg to the front |
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Extension |
Flexing you leg to the front |
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Tissue wrapping |
Back (Definition) |
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Extension |
Flexing you leg to the front |
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Tissue wrapping |
Back (Definition) |
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Comparison of muscles |
Back (Definition) |