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What 3 muscles make up the muscle system? - ✔✔Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac
Skeletal muscles are used for - ✔✔voluntary actions
Examples if voluntary actions using the skeletal muscle - ✔✔walking
jumping
smiling
eye movement
maintenance of posture
walking
jumping
smiling
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,eye movement
maintenance of posture
Are all under the control of the ----- nervous system - ✔✔somatic nervous system
The muscles that coordinate voluntary movements are attached to bone by ---- and the
bone is moved when the muscle ------ - ✔✔tendons
shortens
Skeletal muscles work with the ------, ------, and ------- to support and stabilize the joints -
✔✔Skeletal muscles work with the tendons, ligaments, and bone to support and
stabilize the joints
Contraction of smooth muscle is voluntary OR involuntary and under the somatic
nervous system or autonomic nervous system? - ✔✔Contraction of smooth muscle is
involuntary and under the autonomic nervous system
What is the name of the process in the gastrointestinal tract where smooth muscle
contracts rhythmically to propel food along the gastrointestinal tract? - ✔✔Peristalsis
Blood pressure is regulated by contraction and relaxation of the ----- muscle within the
vessel wall - ✔✔smooth muscle
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, Vasoconstriction ----- blood pressure and ----- blood flow? - ✔✔Vasoconstriction
increases blood pressure and decreases blood flow
Vasodilation ----- blood pressure and ----- blood flow? - ✔✔Vasodilation decreases
blood pressure and increases blood flow
----- muscle of the heart contracts to pump blood throughout the body - ✔✔Cardiac
muscle of the heart contracts to pump blood throughout the body
PERIPHERAL CIRCULATORY ASSISTANCE - ✔✔
The return of blood to the heart is assisted by a system called the - ✔✔skeletal muscle
pump
Skeletal Muscle Pump
In the skeletal muscle pump, large peripheral veins in the ---- and ---- have valves that
prevent the back flow of blood. When the skeletal muscles around these deep veins -----,
the vessel is compressed, and blood is forced through the valves in the direction of the -
--. Exercising these muscle groups ---- the rate of blood flow. - ✔✔In the skeletal muscle
pump, large peripheral veins in the legs and arms have valves that prevent the back
flow of blood. When the skeletal muscles around these deep veins contract, the vessel is
compressed, and blood is forced through the valves in the direction of the heart.
Exercising these muscle groups increase the rate of blood flow.
Thoracic Pump
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