Types
The only type of muscle that is moved voluntarily
What is skeletal muscle?
Where is the orbicularis oculi located?
Point to the area around the eye
The tricep moves the arm into
What is extension?
Characterized by a lump/bump in the abdominal or groin area
What is a hernia?
Involuntary muscle found in the heart but nowhere else in the body
What is cardiac muscle?
Where is the frontalis located?
Point to the forehead.
What the chest muscles are called
What are the pectoralis muscles?
Movement away from the midline
What is Abduction?
Inflammation of a tendon
What is tendonitis?
they line hollow organs and blood vessels
What are smooth muscles?
Where is the latissimus dorsi located?
Point to the middle back, on both sides
Covers the back of the neck and the upper and middle region of the back
What is the trapezius?
Movement toward the midline
What is Adduction?
When you tear a muscle
What is a muscle strain?
type of muscle with repeating sarcomeres, giving a striped appearance
What are striated muscles?
Where are the deltoids located?
Point to your shoulders
3 functions of muscles
What is movement, heat, posture
Movement of hand palm down
What is pronation?
Also called "lockjaw" and can be fatal if not treated promptly with a vaccination.
What is tetanus?
What you think of when you hear the word "muscle"
What is skeletal muscle?
Where is the gastrocnemius located?
Point to the calf muscles
Located under the gastrocnemius
What is the soleus?
Decreasing the angle between two (or more) bones
What is flexion?
Progressive weakness in muscles that usually affects boys. There is no cure.
What is muscular dystrophy?
Intercalated discs are a unique characteristic
What is cardiac muscle?
Shin muscle
What is Tibialis Anterior?
A protein in muscles that helps them contract
What is myosin?
Shaking your head no is an example.
What is rotation?
Affects mostly females. Characterized by fatigue, muscle pain, sleep disturbances, and mood swings
What is fibromyalgia?