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what are the 3 types of m.

skeletal, cardiac and smooth

where is smooth m. found in the body

wall of hollow organs (except the heart) digestive sy, blood vessels, and urinary sy ...

what are m that you don't control called

involuntary m.

what types of m are involuntary

smooth and cardiac

which m. has no striations

smooth m.

what type of m. has intercalated disk

cardiac

what are intercalated disk

disk that attach cardiac cells together to make the heart act as one organ

what type of m. makes up the heart

cardiac

4 characteristics of skeletal m.

striated, many nuclei, voluntary, and found attached to bones

4 characteristics of cardiac m.

striated, uninuclei, involuntary and found in heart

4 characteristics of smooth m.

non striated, involuntary, uninuclei, found in bags and tubes

functions of the skeletal m.

movement- skeleton, maintaining posture, stabilizes joints, generated heat by shivering

insertion

m. attached to the bone that moves

origin

m. attached to the bone that is immovable

what is a contraction

movement of insertion towards the origin

interaction of skeletal m.

m. pull bones

flexor

brings arm close to body

extensor

brings arm away from the body

adduction

brings arm to side of body

abduction

lifts arms away from the side of the body

pronation

palm of hand facing the ground

supination

palm of hand facing the sky

What is the prime mover

m. that provides major contractions for providing specific movement

antagonist

the m. that opposes a particular movement... opposite side of the joint

synergist

m that assist the action of the antagonist... reduces undesirable movements that might occur

fixator

a synergist that immobilizes the bone

6 ways to name m.

location, shape, relative size, direction of fibers, location of origin/insertion, and action

ex of location

frontalis, temporalis and femoris

ex of shape

trapezius, deltoid and rhomboid

ex of relative size

maximus, minimus,. medius, longus, and brevis

maximus

largest

minimus

smallest

medius

medium

longus

long

brevis

short

ex of m. direction of fibers

rectus, midline, transverse and oblique

rectus

run parallel

midline

straight

transverse

perpendicular to the midline

oblique

diagonally/ angle

ex of location of origin and insertion

sternocleidomastoid- origin- sternum and clavical/ insertion- mastoid process ......... mylohyoid- origin- mandible/ insertion- hyoid bone





ex of action

adductor longus, adductor magnus and masseter

science name for chewing

mastication


deltoids

shoulder m.

abdominal m

stomach m.