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Muscle Notes 2009
Muscle notes for test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many muscles do we have? | 600 |
| What muscles make up our internal organs? | Smooth muscles |
| What muscle is found only in the heart? | Cardiac Muscle |
| What muscle makes up over 90 percent of all our muscles? | Skeletal muscles |
| Which muscles automatically move without you knowing? | Involuntary |
| Which muscles have to have the brain send messages to tell them to move? | Voluntary |
| Smooth muscles makes up what percent of our muscles? | 8% |
| Cardiac muscles make up what percent of our muscles? | 3% |
| Tearing a muscle fiber(s), followed by bleeding or swelling of muscle is called what? | Strain Muscle |
| Prolonged contraction of a muscle is called what? | Muscle Cramp |
| Movement that reduces a joint angle is called? | Flexion |
| A movement that increases a joint angle is called? | Extension |
| Muscles work in what? | Pairs |