Diseases
What is muscular dystrophy?
Weakness and loss of muscle mass.
What are the two proteins that cause movement in the muscle?
Actin and Myosin
What does ad and ab mean?
Ad is add onto or move forward and ab is to abduct or take away.
Where is the Palmar Calpar Ligament located? (hint: its near/in the hand)
At the base of the wrist.
What are the three types of muscles?
Skeletal, Cardiac, Smooth.
How is a muscle tear formed?
Overuse and constant straining.
What is the thick protein that causes movement?
Myosin.
What is flexion and extension?
Flexion is contracting the muscle and extension is relaxing or putting your arm forward.
Where is the orbicularis oculi?
In the eye region.
Which muscle allows air the flow into the lungs?
A) Aorta
B) Esophagus
C) Heart
D) Pancreas
E) Trachea
E) Trachea
What is myopathy?
A) Fatigue of the muscle
B) Torn muscle fiber
C) Muscle fibers do not function correctly
D) Muscle spasms
C) Muscle fibers do not function correctly
What is the thin protein that causes movement in the muscle?
Actin.
What are three movements of the arm?
Rotation, flexion, and extension.
What is the function of the orbicularis oris?
It controls the movements of the mouth and lips.
What is the function of smooth muscles?
A) Lines organs
B) Protects heart
C) Enables bone movement
A) Lines organs
What is muscle atrophy?
A) Constant muscular contractions or spasms due to neurological disorder
B) Muscles grow unusually large due to virus or infection
C) Muscles waste away due to lack of physical activity
D) Muscles don't function correctly due to muscle tear, loosening the muscle.
C) Muscles waste away due to physical activity
What are the two proteins that contribute in the filaments of the muscle?
Troponin and Tropomyosin
What does it mean when Hyper- is added to a muscle movement?
It means that the muscle is contracted or relaxed to its limit.
What does the biceps do? What do the triceps do?
Biceps and triceps both enable contraction and relaxation of the arm.
If the foot is abducted, it is moved in which direction?
A) Inward
B) Outward
C) Upward
D) Downward
B) Outward
What is the protein responsible for muscular dystrophy?
Dystrophin.
What does the M-protein do?
It is an antibody, or part of one that shows up in blood and/or urine
What is dorsiflexion? And what would it look like?
Flexion of the foot, the toes are tilted upwards.
What do the gluteus maximus do?
Which of the following forms sodiums ion channels?
A) Myosin and C-protein
B) Ligament
C) Actin and myosin
D) C-protein and M-protein
C) Actin and myosin