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25 Cards in this Set
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Myosin |
Forms cross-bridges with actin |
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Hypertrophy |
Caused by pumping iron |
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Orbucularis Oris muscle |
Surrounds the mouth |
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Latissimus dorsi |
Muscle located on the posterior |
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Muscles of the quadriceps femoris |
The rectus, femoris, vastus lateralis, vartis medialis, and vastus intermedius |
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Intercostal muscles |
Muscles are located between the ribs and help move the ribs cage during breathing |
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Peroneus longus |
Muscle is located in the lower extremities |
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Rotator cuff muscles |
Group of muscles that moves the arm at the shoulder |
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Tendon |
Cord of connective tissue that connects muscle to bone |
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Tetany |
Muscle that remains in a contracted state |
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Deltoid |
A muscle that covers the shoulder like a shoulder pad |
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Pectoralis |
Muscle word that refers to chest |
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Diaphragm |
Muscle that separates the thoracic cavity and abdominal cavities and is also the cheif breathing muscle |
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Adductors |
A muscle located on the inner (medial) surface of the thigh and moves the thigh toward the midline of body |
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Gluteus maximus |
Large muscle that you sit on |
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Skeletal |
Type of muscle which requires stimulation by a somatic motor neuron |
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Actin and myosin |
"Slide" in the sliding filament hypothesis |
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Cannot walk |
Somatic motor nerve that supplies the muscles of the thigh that has been severed, therefore the person cannot walk |
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A tendon |
Attaches muscle to bone |
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A clinically elevated blood level of creatine phosphate is indicative of |
Muscle damage |
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Myasthenia |
Muscle weakness |
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Atrophy |
Classified as disuse, denervation, and senile |
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Abdominal |
This muscle group has four muscles: two obliques, one rectus, and one transverse |
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The supinator and pronator muscles |
Change the position of the hand |
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Achilles tendon |
The calf muscle (gastrocnemius) attaches to the calcaneus |
