Make Up
This muscle type makes up the walls of the hollow body organs as well as those of the blood vessels and respiratory passageways.
Smooth Muscle
Exercise causes _______________ of the blood vessels.
Dilation
Name the neck muscle that is used to flex the head and to rotate the head forward. It is found along the lateral neck.
Sternocleidomastoid
Beginning at about 40 years of age, there is a gradual loss of muscle, this term for muscle wasting is ___________.
Atrophy
_____________ attaches muscle to bone.
Tendons
These two muscle types are striated.
Cardiac Muscle
Skeletal Muscle
Resistance training, such as weight lifting, causes muscles to increase in size, this term is ________________
Hypertrophy
Name the triangular muscle that covers the posterior neck and extends across the posterior shoulder to insert on the clavicle and scapula
Trapezius
The word part aer/o means _____________. Therefore, an aerobic organism can grow in the presence of ______________.
Air - Oxygen
Where is the buccinators located?
the fleshy part of the cheek
A muscles ability to shorten is called __________
Contractility
In naming muscles, the suffix -ceps means
attachment points
Name the muscle that lies deep to the beceps brachii, it flexes the forearm forcefully in all positions, sustains flexion and steadies the forearm’s slow extension
Brachialis
The word part brachi/o indicates that there is reference to the ____________.
Arm
An increase in the diameter of blood vessels is called ____________.
Vasodilation
The neurotransmitter that is released from the neuron to stimulate the muscle fiber is called _______________
acetylcholine (Ach)
The dome-shaped muscle used in breathing is the
The most important muscle involved in the act of breathing is the _______________.
Diaphragm
The anterior and lateral femur are covered by the ___________. It is a large muscle that has four heads of origin.
Quadriceps femoris
Name two types of involuntary muscle:
1. Cardiac Muscle
2. Smooth muscle
The compound that stores oxygen in muscle cells, has compound similar to hemoglobin in blood.
Myoglobin
The suffix –ceps means
attachment points
The intercostal muscles can be found where?
between the ribs
Glucose is our body's preferred source of energy. It is stored in the muscles and liver as
glycogen
From word parts, you know that the temporalis is located __________________.
Over the ear (temporal area)
The three primary functions of the skeletal muscles are:
1. Movement of the skeleton
2. Maintenance of posture
3. Generation of heat
This is a polysaccharide made of multiple glucose molecules and it can be broken down into glucose when needed by the muscle cells (energy storage).
Glycogen
The diaphragm is a ____________ shaped muscle that forms the partition between the ___________ cavity above and the ________________ cavity below.
Dome – thoracic - abdominal
The ________________ attaches to the calcaneus bone. It is the largest of its type in the body. If cut, you will be unable to _________.
Achilles tendon - Walk
The muscular layer of the intestine is composed of visceral, or , muscle.
smooth