Muscular System #1
These muscles are voluntary
What is skeletal?
Having control over the action of a muscle
What is voluntary?
a group of three muscles in the back of each thigh
What is Hamstring
The ___________ is the attachment site for muscles that don't move during contraction,
What Origin?
The strong, tough, connective tissue cord that attaches muscles to bones
What is tendon?
This is the term for moving a body part around an axis.
What is Rotation?
How does shivering thermogenesis aid in the homeostatic regulation of body temperature?
What is rapidly contracting muscles heat is generated.
________ is moving a body part away from the body.?
What is Abduction?
What is acetylcholine.
This stores calcium in the muscle cell.
What is sarcoplasmic reticulum?
3 places involuntary muscles can be found?
What is the stomach, DI, bladder, blood vessels, walls of the heart and organs like the liver
What are the three types of muscles?
What is Cardiac, Skeletal, and Smooth muscle?
This is the term for bending a joint to decrease the angle between two bones or two body parts.
What is the Flexion?
a _________, is the muscle that is primarily responsible for the movement
What is a Prime Mover also called Agonist?
The _____________enhance the action of the agonist by working together to create movement
What Synergist?
____________is the term used for are where motor nerve connects with a muscle cell.
What is Neuromuscular junction .
Skeletal muscle contraction without muscle shortening is responsible for what?
Maintenance of posture
The end of the muscle that moves when the muscle contracts
What is insertion?
The region in the cell where myosin overlaps actin.
What is A bands
This is the layer that wraps the fascicle of the muscle.
What is the perimysium?
This is the term for moving a body part toward the mid-line of the body.
What is Adduction?
The _____________ is composed of muscle tissue surrounding a hollow organ?
What is a Sphincter ?
Which term is used to describe any movement at a joint?
What is Articulation?
This is the term for straightening and extending the joint to increase the angle between two bones or body parts.
What is extension
Three functions of the skeletal muscles
What are 1. attaches to bone to provide voluntary movement 2. produce heat and energy for body 3. help maintain posture 4. protect internal organs?