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muscles chapter 7

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The muscle unit, excluding the ends Body
Attachment to the more movable bone Insertion
Fluid-filled sacs Bursae
Attachment to more stationary bone Origin
Attach muscle to bones Tendons
Protein that forms thick myofilaments Myosin
Basic functional unit of skeletal muscle Sarcomere
Protein that forms thin myofilaments Actin
Microscopic threadlike structures found in skeletal muscle fibers Myofilament
Elongated contractile cells of muscle tissue Muscle fibers
Muscles move bones by _________ on them pulling
only the ________bone moves towards the _____bone insertion, orgin
Energy required to produce a muscle contraction is obtained from? ATP
A contraction where a muscle does not shorten and no movement results ? Isometric
Walking is an example of a contraction? Isotonic
Pushing against a wall is an example of which type of contraction? Isometric
Twitch contractions can be easily seen in? Isolated muscles prepared for research
Contractions that melt together to produce a sustained contraction are ? Tetanus
Isotonic contraction of muscle produces movement at a ? Joint
Prolonged inactivity causes muscles to shrink in mass, producing a condition called? Disuse atrophy
A movement that makes the angle between two bones smaller is? Flexion
moving a part toward the midline is Adduction
moving a part away from the midline is abduction
what occurs when you turn the palm of your hand from an anterior to posterior position pronation
what do you call foot movements Dorsiflexion
Deltoid
The muscle unit, excluding the ends Body
Attachment to the more movable bone Insertion
Fluid-filled sacs Bursae
Attachment to more stationary bone Origin
Attach muscle to bones Tendons
Protein that forms thick myofilaments Myosin
Basic functional unit of skeletal muscle Sarcomere
Protein that forms thin myofilaments Actin
Microscopic threadlike structures found in skeletal muscle fibers Myofilament
Elongated contractile cells of muscle tissue Muscle fibers
Muscles move bones by _________ on them pulling
only the ________bone moves towards the _____bone insertion, orgin
Energy required to produce a muscle contraction is obtained from? ATP
A contraction where a muscle does not shorten and no movement results ? Isometric
Walking is an example of a contraction? Isotonic
Pushing against a wall is an example of which type of contraction? Isometric
Twitch contractions can be easily seen in? Isolated muscles prepared for research
Contractions that melt together to produce a sustained contraction are ? Tetanus
Isotonic contraction of muscle produces movement at a ? Joint
Prolonged inactivity causes muscles to shrink in mass, producing a condition called? Disuse atrophy
A movement that makes the angle between two bones smaller is? Flexion
moving a part toward the midline is Adduction
moving a part away from the midline is abduction
what occurs when you turn the palm of your hand from an anterior to posterior position pronation
what do you call foot movements Dorsiflexion
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