Skeletal Muscle
Smooth Muscle
Cardiac Muscle
Muscle Overview
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Skeletal muscle is also known as what?

Striated muscle or Voluntary muscle

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Where is smooth muscle located?

Mostly in walls of hollow visceral organs (other than the heart).

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Where is Cardiac muscle located?

Walls of the heart.

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Muscles are connected to bone by...?

Tendons

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What else do muscles work together with to move together?

Bones

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Where is skeletal muscle located?

Attached to bones or, for some facial muscles, to skin.


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True or False?

Smooth muscle has striations and is voluntary. 

False

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Where specifically is the cardiac muscles in the heart?

Myocardium 

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What are the functions of the Muscular System?

Produce heat, movement, and circulating the blood.

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What is Abduction?

Away from the midline

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Skeletal muscle fibers are packaged into organs called...?

Skeletal Muscles

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What organs are smooth muscle found in?

Name 2

Stomach, Urinary Bladder, and Respiratory Passages

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What is the primary function of the Cardiac Muscle?

Pumping blood throughout the body and to other organs.

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What is Atrophy?

When the muscles wastes away, decreases in size, and becomes weak.


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Normal vs. Sign and Symptoms?

Pain during movement 

Sign or Symptoms

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What are the characteristics of Skeletal muscle fibers? 

Soft, fragile, and can exert tremendous power

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What organs DO NOT have smooth muscle?

The heart

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Is the Cardiac Muscle voluntary or involuntary?

Involuntary

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What happens to the muscle when a Contracture develops?

The muscle or tendon shortens and freezes in place. 

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Exercise improves what with muscles?

Muscle Tone

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What do tendons do?

Anchor Muscles, as well as providing durability and conserving space. 

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What respiratory condition can smooth muscle disorders lead to?

Asthma 

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A weakening of the heart muscle do to enlargement or thickening, which reduces the hearts ability to pump blood effectively is called? 

Congestive Heart Failure

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What are normal changes of aging in your muscular system?

Muscles weaken and lose tone.

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Your Body Movement _______ as you age.

Slows down

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