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What are the three types of muscles?
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1. Smooth
2. Cardiac 3. Skeletal |
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Nonstriated, involuntary
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Smooth muscle
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Found generally in the walks if the viscera (stomach)
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Striated, involuntary
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Cardiac muscle
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Found only in the heart.
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Striated, voluntary
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Skeletal muscle
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Generally attached to a bone.
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Purposes of skeletal muscle.
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1. Movement
2. Maintain body posture 3. Stablize joints 4. Produce heat (maintain body temperature) |
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These have more than one nucleus..
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Muscle fibers
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What two things play important roles in contraction and relaxation of muscles?
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Calcium and ATP
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What happens when ATP splits to make ADP?
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Energy is released.
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What aids in muscle relaxation?
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Calcium.
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Acetylcholine (Ach)
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A binding stimulant.
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Acetylcholinesterase
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Stops stimulant.
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Cockblock
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Myasthenia Gravis
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Muscle weakness - acetylcholine (Ach) cannot effectively bind.
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Neuromuscular blockades
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Curare (skeletal muscle blocker drug) blocks the receptor sites on the muscle membranes, because the receptor sites are occupied the Ach cannot effectively bind with the receptor sites.
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Neurotoxins
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Cause excessive firing of neurons, disrupting the normal function of the nervous system.
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If a single electrical stimulus is delivered to a muscle fiber, the fiber contracts and then fully relaxes. This single muscle response is called...
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Twitch
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Sustained muscle contraction
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Tetanus
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The continuous contraction of a muscle
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Tonus
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Aerobic
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With oxygenation
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Anaerbobic
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Without oxygenation
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Origin
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Attached to a stationary bone
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Insertion
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Attached to more moveable bone
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Prime mover
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Generally responsible for most of the movement
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Chief muscle
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Synergist
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Assist the prime mover
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Helper muscles
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Antagonist
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Muscles that oppose the action of another muscle
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Hypertrophy
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Overuse of muscles
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Body builders
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Atrophy
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Under use of muscles
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Broken leg in a cast
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Contracture
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The Muscles are frozen in a flexed position and severely restricts joint mobility
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How are muscles named?
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1. Shape
2. Size 3. Direction of fibers 4. Location 5. Number of origins 6. Origin and insertion 7. Muscle action |
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Frontalis
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Above eye; raises eyebrows, wrinkles the forehead
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Surprised look
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Obicularis oculi
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Around the eye; opening and closing of the eye
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Assist in winking, blinking, squinting.
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Obicularis oris
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Around the mouth; assists on closing mouth
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The kissing muscle
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Buccinator
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In the cheek; sucking, whistling, and playing the trumpet
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Used in ********
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Zygomaticus
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Muscle over the cheek bone
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Smiling muscle
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What are 5 facial muscles?
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1. Frontalis
2. Obicularis oculi 3. Obicularis oris 4. Buccinator 5. Zygomaticus |
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Chewing muscles
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1. Masseter
2. Temporalis 3. Buccinator |
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Masseter
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Zygomatic prosses to the mandible; Closes the jaw
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Chewing muscle
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Temporalis
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Over the temple
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Sternocleidomastoid
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Sternum and clavicle to the Mastoid; head rotation to the opposite side, flexion of head
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Praying muscle
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Trapezius
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Base of occipital to spine of upper vertebral column; tilts the head back, moves shoulders
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Shoulders and upper back muscle
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Muscles of the trunk
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1. Intercostal muscles
2. Diaphragm |
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Abdominal wall muscles
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1. Rectus abdominis
2. External obliques 3. Internal obliques 4. Transversus abdominis |
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Intercostal muscles
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Meat between the ribs; raise and lower rib cage during breathing
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Eating bbq
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Diaphragm
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Separates the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity; chief muscle of inhalation
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Use this sing
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Rectus abdominis
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Superior abdominal muscles; flexes the vertebral column
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Six pack
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External oblique
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Lateral walls of the abdomen
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Internal oblique
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Part of the lateral walls of the abdomen; add strength to the external oblique
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Transversus abdominis
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Innermost later of the abdominal muscles
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Shoulder muscles
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1. Trapezius
2. Pectoralis major 3. Latissimus dorsi 4. Deltoid 5. Rotator cuff muscles |
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Pectoralis major
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Anterior chest wall; moves arm in front of chest
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***** muscles
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Latissimus dorsi
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Middle-lower back region; lowers shoulders and brings arms back as if pointing behind you.
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Deltoid
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Rounded part of the shoulder raises arm to horizontal position
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Rotator cuff muscles
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Attach the humerous to the scapula; help rotate the arm at the joint
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Muscles that move the lower arm
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1. Triceps brachii
2. Biceps brachii |
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Triceps brachii
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Posterior part of the arm
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Biceps brachii
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Anterior surface of the arm
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Make a muscle
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Muscles that move the hand and fingers
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1. Flexors
2. Extensors |
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Gluteal muscles
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1. Gluteus Maximus
2. Gluteus medius 3. Gluteus minimus |
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Gluteus maximus
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Butt muscle you sit on; rotates the thigh laterally and extends the thigh at the hip
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Climbing or walking up stairs
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Gluteus medius
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Over back of hip; rotates the thigh medially; common for IM injections
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Gluteus minimus
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Rotate the thigh medially and common for IM injections
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Quadriceps femoris
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1. Vastus laterals
2. Rectus femorus 3. Vastus medialis 4. Vastus intermedius |
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Rectus femoris
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Anterior thigh
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Vastus lateralis
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Outside thigh
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Vastus medialis
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Inside of thigh
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Sartorius
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Assists in knee and hip flexion, abduction, and lateral rotation of the thigh
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Hamstrings
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Posterior thigh; flex leg at the knee, antagonistic to the quadriceps
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Calcaneal tendon
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Heel muscle
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Achillies tendon
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What are the muscles involved with breathing?
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1. Intercostal muscles
2. Diaphragm |
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Gastrocnemis
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Calf muscle
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Adduction
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Movement of a body part toward the midline of the body
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Abduction
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Abduction movement of a body part away from the midline of the body
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What muscles do you give IM shots in?
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Deltoid, rectus femoris, gluteus medius
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What is the longest muscle?
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Sartorius
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What muscle shrugs the shoulders?
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Trapezius
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What is the kissing muscle?
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Obicularis oris
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What is the surprised muscle?
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Frontalis
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What opens the jaw/eating muscle?
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Masseter
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What is the winking muscle?
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Obicularis oculi
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What is the smiling muscle?
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Zygomaticus
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This muscle is the one little boys use when showing of their muscles..
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Biceps brachii
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What are the butt muscles?
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1. Gluteus Maximus
2. Gluteus medius 3. Gluteus minimus |
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What muscle do you sit on?
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Gluteus Maximus
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