General
Non-striated muscle with involuntary control
SMOOTH MUSCLE
Muscle that raises the eyebrows.
FRONTALIS
Raising the arms laterally away from the body.
ABDUCTION
Large muscle of the calf.
GASTROCNEMIUS
The tissue that covers the outer surface of muscle.
EPIMYSIIUM
The functions of muscle include - Movement, Posture, Stabilizing joints and Generating.....
HEAT
Key muscle of the neck, prime mover of head flexion.
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
Bending the head forward at the neck.
FLEXION
Superficial muscle of anterior thigh , extends the knee and flexes thigh at hip. One of the quadriceps muscles.
RECTUS FEMORIS
The covering of an individual muscle cell.
ENDOMYSIUM
Smooth and cardiac muscle are involuntary but skeletal muscle is .....
VOLUNTARY
Muscle that helps you smile.
ZYGOMATICUS
Raising the toes toward the knee.
DORSIFLEXION
Longest muscle in the body. Extends from lateral aspect of hip to medial aspect of knee.
SARTORIUS
Each fascicle of a muscle is covered by this.
PERIMYSIUM
Muscles attach to bone using this rope like connective tissue.
TENDON
Powerful chewing muscle.
MASSETER
Moving the leg toward the body mid line.
ADDUCTION
This muscle of the hamstring group lies medial to biceps femoris and extends thigh at hip, medially rotates leg.
SEMITENDINOSUS
The thick filaments of a sarcomere are made of this protein.
MYOSIN
When the name of a muscle refers to the number of origins it has, and the muscle has FOUR origins, this term is used.
QUADRICEPS
Muscle that maintains the position of the jaw at rest.
TEMPORALIS
Turning the head from side to side.
ROTATION
This muscle is a superficial muscle of the anterior leg and a prime mover of dorsiflexion, inverts foot.
TIBIALIS ANTERIOR
The contractile unit of the muscle.
SARCOMERE