Types
Also known as skeletal muscle
What is voluntary muscle
Where the rectus abdominus is located
What is in your abdominal area from under the sternum to surrounding the umbilicus and into the groin?
Name of the muscle group that is on the chest over the breast area
What is pectoralis?
Muscle movement that is responsible for bringing a body part closer to the midline of the body
What is adduction?
These are the main protein components of muscle
What are actin, myosin, and troponin?
Involuntary muscle found in the heart but nowhere else in the body
What is cardiac muscle
Where the rectus femoris is located
What is the front of the thigh and part of the quadriceps femoris?
This is the largest superficial muscle in the back
What is the latissimus dorsi?
One of the two muscles that flexes the forearm
What is the brachioradialis or biceps brachii?
This condition is defined as the inability to control or poor control of one's voluntary muscular movements
What is ataxia?
These muscles react immediately without conscious will
What are smooth muscles?
This muscle has its origin near the base of the femur, insertion at the Achilles tendon, and its action is to plantar flexion or knee flexion
What is the gastrocnemius?
Body system that covers, shapes, and holds the skeletal system in place while also aiding in its locomotion
What is the muscular system?
This muscle action moves body parts away from the midline
What is abduction?
Connects muscles to bones
What are tendons
The two words that describe how muscles work in pairs to lengthen and shorten each other
What are agonist and antagonist?
Where the deltoid is located
What is the upper shoulder?
3 functions of muscles
What is movement, heat, posture
This action of muscles decreases the angle between two bones
What is flexion?
This process requires muscles and bones work together to keep the body moving fluidly while encouraging bone and muscle remodelling
What is strength training?
Smooth muscles are
What are muscles that are not controlled by the owner?
The back muscle that looks like a diamond
What is the trapezius
Superficial muscle that covers the back of the neck and the spine down to L1
What is the trapezius?
The movement caused by contraction of the extensor carpi radialis
What is extension?
This is the segment of the muscle that actually contracts
What is the H-band?