General Muscle
The only type of muscle that is involuntary
What is skeletal muscle?
This is where Mrs. Brewer graduated with her Bachelor's Degree?
What is Endicott College?
The muscle commonly referred to as the "calf muscle"
The term that describes a muscle that works with another to produce a specific movement
What is muscle synergist?
The pacemaker of the heart
The SA (Sinoatrial) node
The ability to receive and respond to a stimulas
What is irritability or excitability?
The type of muscle found in your digestive system
What is smooth muscle?
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What is 1 sister?
The name for the muscle located on the posterior aspect of the upper arm?
What is the triceps brachii?
The term used to describe the beginning point of a muscle
What is muscle origin?
The amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute
What is cardiac output?
The ability to shorten when a adequate stimulus is received
What is contractility?
The types of muscle tissue that have striations.
What are cardiac and skeletal muscle?
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4- 2 dogs and 2 guinea pigs
This connects muscle to bone
What is a tendon?
This type of muscle contraction involves no movement
The process by which a muscle returns to its normal resting state after contraction
Muscle relaxation
The ability to become stretched
What is extensibility
The other name for smooth muscle tissue
What is visceral muscle tissue?
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What is 10 years?
The term used to describe the ending point of a muscle
This type of muscle contraction involves a shortening of a muscle
What is concentric contraction?
The involuntary contraction of a muscle in response to rapid stretching
What is a muscle cramp?
The ability to return to its original shape
What is elasticity?
These are the four functions of muscles
What is to produce movement, maintain posture, stabilize joints, generate heat?
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What is 44?
These are the four muscles in the quadriceps muscle group
What is the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis?
This type of muscle contraction involves the lengthening of a muscle
The connecticut tissue on the outside of a muscle
What is the fascia?
What is a nerve?