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Final Test Review (Muscular System)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What action does the muscle cell produce? | nearly all the movement of the body |
| What is the ability of the muscle to stretch? | extensibility |
| What covers the entire muscular system? | superficial fascia |
| What two muscles elevate the shoulder? | levator scapula and trapezius |
| What specialized muscle cells have both sensory and motor functions? | spindle cells |
| What type of muscles are governed by the central nervous system and appear striated or striped under the microscope? | skeletal |
| What type of muscle is composed of cells that are distinctly striated, are quadrangular, joined end to end and grouped in bundles supported by framework of connective tissue? | cardiac |
| Paralysis of which muscles would make an individual unable to flex his/her knee? | hamstrings |
| What are the characteristics of muscles? | irritability, contractility, extensibility |
| Which muscle or muscles stabilize & does upward rotation o f the scapula? | seratus anterior |
| What connection is muscle to bone? | tendons |
| The site where the muscle fiber and nerve fiber meet is called what? | neuromuscular junction |
| The deltoid has the following movements on the humerus. | flexion, abduction and extension |
| Where is the pollex located? | thumb |
| The place where the muscle is anchored to a relatively immovable section of the skeleton is called the place of what? | origin |
| What point of a muscle is generally attached to the ,ore distal aspect of an appendage? | insertion |
| What muscle contracts and the ends of the muscle donot or the body body part that the muscle affects does not move, the contraction is considered what type of contraction? | isometric |
| When the distance between the ends of a contracting muscle decreases, the isotonic contraction is said to be what? | concentric |
| Where is the hallux located? | big toe |
| When an isolated and specific action occurs, the muscle responsible for that action is called the what? | agonist |
| When a prime mover contracts, there is a muscle that causes the opposite action, it is called the what? | antagonist |
| Muscles that assist the prime mover is called what? | synergist |
| What muscle fl;exes and abducts the wrist? | flexors carpi radialis |
| What is the primary function of the biceps? | flex the elbow |
| What is a sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle pr a group of muscles? | spasm |
| What is the most common injury to a muscle or muscles? | strains |
| The majority of the muscle strains occur to what part of the muscle, which is at the junction between the muscle and tendon? | belly of the muscle |
| Muscle spasms are considered what when they are sustained over a period of time? | tonic |
| What muscle is the longest muscle of the body? | sartorius |
| What muscle is the most superficial muscle on the back? | trapezius |
| When a muscle cannot be contracted or is only contracted weakly, the muscle tissue will rapidly degenerate and begin to waste , this is called what? | muscle atrophy |
| Where are the anterior scalenes found? | neck |
| What is characterized by pain, fatigue, and stiffness in the connective tissue of the muscles, tendons, and ligaments? | Fibromyalgia |
| A group of related diseases that seem to be genetically inherited and that cause a progressive degeneration of the voluntary muscular system is referred to what? | Muscular Dystrophy |
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