Diseases and Disorders
Functions
Attachments
Muscle Traits
Types of Muscles
100
Contracture and atrophy result from what?
Lack of muscle use.
100
True or False:
Doesn't support body posture
False
100
Bands of fibrous tissue that attaches muscle to bone.
Tendons
100
What is muscle tone?
The ability of muscles to be slightly contracted at all times, even when not in use
100
What type of muscles are you able to move?
Skeletal muscles
200
What is it called when muscles of tendons are torn or stretched caused by muscles being used too suddenly or for too long?
Muscle Strain
200
Helps with ____ movement
body
200
The end of the muscle that is connected to the bone that does not move.
Origin
200
What is excitability?
The ability to respond to a stimulus
200
True or false?
Cardiac muscles stop the heat from beating
False
300
What is a group of muscle disorders with chronic pain in specific muscle sites?
Fibromyalgia.
300
Produces ____ and energy
Heat
300
The end connected to the bone that moves when the muscle contracts.
Insertion
300
What is conductibility?
The ability to shorten and produce movement when stimulated.
300
2 types of involuntary muscle movement
visceral and cardiac
400
What is muscular dystrophy?
A group of inherited diseases in which the muscles gradually atrophy, or waste away.
400
Opens and closes _____ _____
Body openings
400
A sheet of tough fibrous tissue that wraps around an individual muscle.
Fascia
400
What is extensibility?
The ability for a muscle to be stretched and lengthened
400
Specific places where visceral muscles are found
Hollow organs, walls of blood vessels, eyes
500
What is atrophy?
A reduction in size and strength of the muscle
500
Helps move ____, ____, and ____ products
Body, Food, Waste
500
Label the following image
Going down:
Origin, Relaxed muscle, Insertion
On the right:
Contracted muscle
500
What is elasticity?
The ability for a muscle to return to its original shape after contracting or stretching.
500
What do visceral muscles do to produce movement?
Contract