Question | Answer |
What causes muscular dystrophy? | A genetic disorder characterized b atrophy of skeletal muscle tissues. |
What does abduction mean? | Moving a part away from the midline of the body. |
Does muscle tone help maintain posture? | Yes. |
Is a muscle injury usually a sprain? | No. |
Do tendons attach to muscle at both the origin and the insertion sites? | Yes. |
What is a ligament injury usually called? | sprain |
Is myasthenia gravis an autoimmune disease? | Yes. |
Can a muscle be a prime mover or an antagonist? | Yes, but not both at the same time. |
How does shivering help a person with hypothermia? | moves muscles, causing the muscle fibers to produce heat. |
What do dorsiflexion and plantar flexion refer to? | Ankle movements |
What is another name for a muscle cell? | muscle fiber |
Do tendons attach to bone? | No |
When you bend your elbow, where is the insertion? | Radius |
Is ATP produced by muscle contractions? | yes |
If a prime mover causes extension, would the antagonist cause flexion? | no |
Do bursae and tendon sheaths perform the same function? | yes |
Are both calcium and ATP needed for muscle contraction? | yes |
Who is more likely to have Duchennesd-a girl or a boy? | boy |
Do both smooth muscle and cardiac muscles have striations? | no |
What causes Duchennes? | a missing gene in the X chromosome |
Is myasthenia gravis carried on the X chromosome? | no |
Are skeletal muscles also referred to as striated and visceral muscles? | no |
Are twich contractions used in everyday movements? | yes |
Do skeletal and cardiac muscles both have striations? | yes |
Can a severe injury have an impact on the kidneys? If so, how? | Yes, a severe injury can cause myoglobin to accumulate in the blood and cause kidney failure. |