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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers What are the three types of muscles? skeletal, cardiac, and smooth Which muscles are involved in voluntary movement and contain fibers with multinucleate cells? skeletal What are the filaments that are divided into sarcomeres? myofibrils What are the individual contractile units separated by a border? sarcomeres (Note: border is called Z line) What liquid stores Ca2+ and surrounds myofibrils in muscle tissue? sarcoplasmic reticul...

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers What are the three types of muscles? skeletal, cardiac, and smooth Which muscles are involved in voluntary movement and contain fibers with multinucleate cells? skeletal What are the filaments that are divided into sarcomeres? myofibrils What are the individual contractile units separated by a border? sarcomeres (Note: border is called Z line) What liquid stores Ca2+ and surrounds myofibrils in muscle tissue? sarcoplasmic reticul...

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12 pages

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers What are the three muscle types in the body? - skeletal, cardiac, smooth What is the endomysium? - a thin layer of connective tissue that surrounds each muscle fiber What is the perimysium? - connective tissue that surrounds groups of 10-100 individual muscle fibers separating them into bundles called fascicles. What is the epimysium? - Connective tissue layer(outside muscle); an overcoat of dense irregular connective tissue that surrounds t...

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers smooth muscle - muscle found in the digestive tract and the walls of blood vessels; helps move food through the digestive system and blood through the body; NO striations cardiac muscle - striated muscle found only in the heart; pumps blood around the body skeletal muscle - striated muscle that attaches to and pulls on bones to produce movement; often work in pairs called flexors and extensors flexor - a muscle that bends a part of your body...

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers Functions of skeletal muscle - -movement -stability -control of body opening/passages -heat production Excitability - -responsiveness to stimulus -exhibits electrical and mechanical responses Conductivity - electrical excitation is conducted throughout the entire plasma membrane Contractility - unique characteristic of shortening when stimulated Extensibility - can stretch without breaking Elasticity - has ability to return to original lengt...

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Muscular system Exam Questions and answers Excitability - Ability to respond to a stimulus Extensibility - Ability to be stretched Contractibility - Ability to become short and thick Elasticity - Ability to return to its original shape 3 main kinds of muscles? - Cardiac Visceral Skeletal Cardiac muscles - Forms wall of heart - contracts to pump blood

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Muscular system Exam Questions and answers Frontalis - moves scalp elevates eyebrows Temporalis - Zygomaticus - Orbicularis oris - closes lips Orbicularis oculi - closes eyelids Masseter - chewing Sternocleidomastoid - rotates head and neck side to side Trapezius - moves the scapula Latissimus dorsi - extends shoulder, rotates arm Deltoid - flexes and extends shoulder Pectoralis - flexes shoulder, rotates arm Rectus abdominis - flexes vertebral column, compresses abdome...

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Muscular system Exam Questions and answers Anatomy of the Muscular System - Skeletal muscles, tendons, aponeurosis, fascia Physiology of the muscular system - participates in body movements, stabilizes posture, generates heat Sarcolemma - muscle cell membrane Sarcomere - contractile unit of a muscle fiber Actin - thin filaments Myosin - thick filament Tendon - Connects muscle to bone

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers skeletal muscle Muscle tissue that is attached to and moves the bones. cardiac muscle Involuntary muscle tissue found only in the heart. smooth muscle Muscle tissue in the walls of body organs such as the bladder, stomach and intestines. tendon A thick band that is found at the end of muscles and connects muscle to bone Voluntary Muscle A muscle that is under conscious control Involuntary Muscle A muscle that is not under conscio...

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers Functions of the Muscular System: - Allows body movement by contracting and relaxing muscles attached to bones. Generates heat through muscle contractions to maintain body temperature. Adds level of protection for internal organs Involuntary Muscles - Muscles not under conscious control. Voluntary Muscles - Muscles under conscious control. Skeletal muscle tissue - Muscle tissue that is attached to the bones. This muscle is striated and und...

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers contraction - a process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in muscle tissue voluntary - under conscious control involuntary - not under conscious control cardiac muscle - Involuntary muscle tissue found only in the heart. skeletal muscle - a muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and provides the force that moves the bones; voluntary control smooth muscle - involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs...

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers skeletal muscle Muscle tissue that is attached to the bones. This muscle is striated and under voluntary control. cardiac muscle Involuntary muscle tissue found only in the heart. smooth muscle Muscle tissue in the walls of body organs such as the stomach and intestines. It controls involuntary movement and makes the organs expand and contract. sarcomere Contractile unit of muscle origin The attachment of a muscle tendon to a stati...

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers smooth muscle involuntary muscle found primarily in the walls of hollow, visceral organs; slow sustained contractions cardiac muscle involuntary muscle found only in the heart; steady, rhythmic contractions skeletal muscle voluntary muscle attached to bones; strong, rapid contraction muscle fibers muscle cells that contract, or shorten, when they are stimulated by the nervous system fascicle bundle of muscle fibers endomysium con...

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers smooth muscle involuntary muscle found primarily in the walls of hollow, visceral organs; slow sustained contractions cardiac muscle involuntary muscle found only in the heart; steady, rhythmic contractions skeletal muscle voluntary muscle attached to bones; strong, rapid contraction muscle fibers muscle cells that contract, or shorten, when they are stimulated by the nervous system fascicle bundle of muscle fibers endomysium con...

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers muscle fibers - long, slender cells that make up muscles skeletal muscles - muscles attached to bone that cause body movements. Voluntary muscle striated muscle - A muscle that appears banded; also called skeletal muscle. endomysium - Connective tissue surrounding a muscle fiber fascicle - bundle of muscle fibers epimysium - a sheath of fibrous elastic tissue surrounding a muscle. tendons - Connect muscle to bone

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers three types of muscle tissue - smooth, cardiac, skeletal circumduction - circular movement of a limb at the far end Which types of muscle respond to involuntary nervous signals? - cardiac and smooth supination - movement that turns the palm up found only in the heart - cardiac Which type of muscle contracts in peristaltic waves - smooth Orbicularis Oris - circular muscle of the lips; closes the mouth and protrudes the lips; the "kissing...

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers Fascia - sheet of dense connective tissue that separates individual muscles and helps hold them in position Epimysium - sheath of connective tissue that surrounds a skeletal muscle (beneath the fascia) Perimysium - sheath of connective tissue that encloses a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers (fascicle) Endomysium - sheath of connective tissue surrounding each skeletal muscle fiber Tendon - cordlike connective tissue that connects muscle to ...

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers Skeletal Muscle A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and provides the force that moves the bones. Cardiac Muscle Involuntary muscle tissue found only in the heart. Smooth Muscle Involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of the body Tendon Connects muscle to bone Striated marked with thin lines or grooves Multinucleate having two or more nuclei Sarcolemma Muscle cell membrane Myofibril tightly ...

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Muscular System Exam Questions and answers Muscles - Make up about 40% of human's body weight Muscular System Functions - Provides movement, supports body posture, produces heat & energy, protects internal organs, moves blood, food & waste through body Gross movement - movement controlled by the large muscles or muscle groups; Ex- running, walking, swimming Fine movement - Movement controlled by the small muscles or muscle groups; Ex - writing, smiling, speaking 4 common trait...

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Muscular System Diagram Exam Questions and answers TERM deltoid DEFINITION shoulder LOCATION

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