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Mr. G’s Muscles

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What are muscles?   Bundles of muscle fibers held together by connective tissue  
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Excitability   Respond to a stimulus  
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Extensibility   The ability to be stretched  
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Contractibility   Muscle fibers when stimulated will contract or become short and thick, this results in movement  
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Elasticity   After contracting this trait allows the muscle to return to its original shape  
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The three types of muscle tissue are   cardiac, visceral or smooth and skeletal or voluntary  
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Cardiac muscle   Forms the walls of the heart and contracts to circulate blood  
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Visceral or smooth muscle   Found in internal organs of the body i.e. digestive, respiratory, blood vessels, eye and urinary system organs. These muscles contract without conscious thought and are called involuntary muscles.  
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Skeletal muscle   Attached to bones and causes body movement. Can be controlled and are called voluntary muscle.  
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Functions of muscles   Attach to bones to provide voluntary movement, Produce heat and energy, Help maintain posture and Protect internal organs  
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Tendons   Strong,tough, connective-tissue cords that attach to bones.  
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Fascia   a tough, sheet like membrane that covers tissue  
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Origin   The attached point of a muscle to a bone that does not move.  
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Insertion   The attached point of the muscle that moves.  
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Adduction   Moving a body part toward midline  
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Abduction   Moving a body part away from midline  
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Flexion   Decreasing the angle between two bones, or bending a body part.  
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Extension   Increasing the angle between two bones, or straightening of a body part.  
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Rotation   Turning a body part around its own axis  
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Circumduction   Moving in a circle at a joint or moving one end of a body part in a circle while the other end remains stationary  
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Muscle tone   The state of partial contracture.State of readiness to act, partially contracted at all times  
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Contracture   A result of not using a muscle.  
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Atrophy   Shrinking in size because muscles weren't used for a long time  
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Myasthenia gravis   Chronic condition, nerve impulses not properly transmitted  
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Muscular dystrophy   Inherited disease leading to muscle atrophy  
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Muscle strain   Sudden, painful,involuntary muscle contraction  
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Muscle spasm   Outstretching or injury to a muscle or tendon  
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