Muscular System Characteristics
There are three types of muscles which comprise many structures in the human body.
Name the three muscle types and an example for each.
What are cardiac, smooth, and skeletal muscle?
What are the heart, intestines, and biceps?
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This component of the muscular system is a strong, connective tissue responsible for connecting muscles to bones.
What are ligaments?
These two muscles are responsible for flexion and extension of our elbow joints.
What are the biceps (flexion) and the triceps (extension)?
To Chew (jaw)
What is the masseter?
This is our major muscle of breathing.
What is our diaphragm?
TRUE or FALSE
Skeletal Muscle acts involuntarily?
What is FALSE?
Skeletal Muscle acts VOLUNTARILY.
Which of the following functions of the Muscular system do these terms describe:
Eye Movement
Breathing
Digestion
What are different types of MOBILITY?
This muscle is responsible for humans to be able to tell someone "yes", "no", or "I don't know" when they are asked a question.
What is the S.C.M.?
What is the sternocleidomastoid?
This muscle moves the jaw and helps with chewing food.
What is the temporalis muscle?
This muscle performs the greatest amount of physical work in throughout our lifetime.
TRUE or FALSE
Smooth Muscle and Cardiac Muscle act Voluntarily?
What is FALSE?
Smooth and Cardiac Muscle acts INVOLUNTARILY.
When the body senses a cold environment, our muscles contract and cause vasoconstriction at the surface of our skin, in turn, which muscular system function is a result of the body shivering.
What is heat production?
These two motions along with abduction are a result of our ROTATOR CUFF msucles.
What is the External and Internal Rotation?
This muscle is our wings and responsible for our POSTURE.
What are the Lat's?
What are the Latissimus Dorsi?
The cardiac muscle contains many ___________, which produce ATP for energy and help the heart resist fatigue.
What are mitochondria?
This Muscle type is responsible for digestion.
What is smooth muscles?
Which three muscular system functions are also functions of the skeletal system?
What are protection, mobility, and support (posture)?
This muscle can flex, extend, and abduct the shoulder joint.
Anterior Delt = Flexion
Middle Delt = Abduction
Posterior Delt = Extension
What are the trap's?
What are the trapezius muscles?
This group of muscles in located anterior and on the sides of our femur and are responsible for knee extension.
What are the quad's?
What are the quadriceps?
This muscle type is responsible for Musculoskeletal mobility.
What is skeletal muscle?
This is the longest and strongest tendon in the human body.
This component can withstand ten times our body weight.
Hint: Named for a mythological figure.
What is our achilles TENDON?
What is our achilles heel....
These muscles can flex and and adduct our shoulder joints.
These muscles are also responsible for Internal Rotation of the shoulder joint.
What are the Pectoralis MAJOR and MINOR?
This is the scientific name for the "straight muscles of your abdomen.
What is Rectus Abdominus?
This group of muscles is located posterior and on the sides of the femur and they are responsible for knee flexion.
What are the hamstrings?