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Muscular Anatomy
Anatomy Muscular System
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04/02/2012

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What are the three types of muscle tissue?
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smooth, cardiac and skeletal
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Smooth muscle can be found where?
Definition
walls of hallow organs - involuntary
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Cardiac muscle can be found where?
Definition
Wall of the heart
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Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle are _______________?
Definition
involuntary
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Skeletal muscle is responsible for what?
Definition
movement of bones, heat production, posture
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Skeletal muscle consists of?
Definition
Tendons, fascia, aponeurosis
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tendon description?
Definition
Connective tissue that extends from skeletal muscle to attach to bone
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Fascia description?
Definition
fibrous connective tissue surrounding muscle organ (bundles of muscle fascicles - groups of muscle fibers)
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Aponeurosis description?
Definition
broad sheet of connective tissue merges with another muscle rather than bone
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There are more than _______ skeletal muscles
Definition
600
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What are the 5 ways muscles can be named?
Definition
Location, function, shape, number of insertion sites and size
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Description of muscle origin?
Definition
Does not move w contraction
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Muscle insertion description?
Definition
Moves when muscle contracts
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Flexion description?
Definition
Decreases the angle of a joint
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