Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Anatomy & Phy 1
Chapter 11 & 12 Muscular System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sarcomeres | The Smallest contractile unit of muscle; extends from one Z disc to the next |
| Neuromuscular junction | The region where a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell |
| Motor unit | a motor neuron and all the muscle cells it supplies. |
| Synaptic cleft | the fluid filled space at a synapse between neurons |
| Know the names of the 2 contractile proteins | Actin & Mycin |
| Know the 3 connective tissue coverings of skeletal muscles from the inside out | Endomysium, Perimysium and Epimysium |
| Know the different ways skeletal muscle is named | Location of origin, insertion, Location, Shape, Direction of muscle fibers, Size, Action & Number of Origin |
| Orbicularis Oris | Closes Mouth & protrudes lips |
| Sternocleidomastoid | Flex Neck forward/ Back & Rotates |
| Pectoralis Major | Adducts and Flexes ,Medially Rotates and Moves Arm/ Humerus |
| Rectus Abdominis | Flex’s Vertebral Column |
| Biceps Brachii | Flexes Elbow & Supinates forearm |
| Triceps Brachii | Powerful Arm Extender Antagonist of Biceps Brachii |
| Gluteus Maximus | Powerful Hips Extensor (Forceful)(Climbing Stairs) |
| Gastrocnemius | Planter Flexes Foot & Flexes Knee when in Dorsiflexed. Crosses Knee Joint |
| Know the 4 muscles that make up the quadriceps | Rectus Femoris, (3 Vastus Muscles) Vastus Lateralis, Vastus Medialis, Vastus Intermedius |
| Know the 3 muscles that make up the hamstring | Biceps Femoris, Semitendinosus & Semimembranosus |
Created by:
1815104090
Popular Anatomy sets