| Question | Answer |
| The three types of muscle are? | 1. Skeletal (striated) muscle.
2. Smooth (visceral) muscle.
3. Cardiac muscle. |
| Skeletal (striated) muscles are? | voluntary. |
| Examples of skeletal (striated) muscles include? | 1. Biceps brachii (flexes inferior arm.)
2. Triceps brachii (extends inferior arm). |
| Most voluntary and skeletal muscles are connected to a bone by a strong, tough, nonelastic, white collagenous fibrous cord known as a? | tendon. |
| Smooth (visceral) muscles are? | involuntary (autonomic). |
| Examples of smooth (visceral) muscle are found in the? | GI tract (peristalsis), uterus, blood vessels (vasoconstriction and vasodilation), and the urinary bladder. |
| Cardiac muscle is? | involuntary. |
| Cardiac muscle is unique because when one cardiac muscle cell is stimulated? | all the cardiac muscle cells are stimulated. |
| This causes the cardiac muscles cells to? | contract together. |
| Cardiac muscle cells also have the unique ability to? | receive an impulse, contract, immediately relax, and then receive another impulse. |
| A steady or constant state of partial contraction maintained in a muscle is called? | muscle tone. |
| Some muscle cells in a muscle will always be contracting while other muscle cells? | are at rest. |
| Then those at rest will contract while those that were contracting will go into? | relaxation. |
| This allows us to maintain body posture by? | long periods of time without tiring. |
| This is accomplished because nerve impulses? | alternate between various groups of muscle cells thus allowing all to have periods of rest. |
| Two types of muscle contraction include? | 1. Isotonic
2. Isometric. |
| Isotonic contractions occur when? | lifting a weight, muscles become shorter and thicker and the tone (tension) remains the same. |
| Isometric contractions occur when? | pushing against a wall, the muscles involved remain at a constant length and the tone (tension)against the muscle increases. |
| The more fixed attachment of a muscle that serves as a basis for the action is the? | origin (anchor). |
| The movable attachment where the effects of muscular contraction are seen, is called the? | insertion (action) |
| Muscles can be named according to their action such as? | 1. Adductor (movement of a limb toward the midline of the body).
2. Abductor (movement of a limb away from the midline of the body).
3. Flexor (bending a limb at a joint).
4. Extensor (extending a limb at a joint). |
| Muscles can be named according to their shape such as? | 1. Quadratus (square).
2. Trapezius (triangular). |
| Muscles can be named according to their origin and insertion such as the? | sternocleidmastoid. |
| Sternocleidmastoid muscles are primarily used to? | move the head. |
| Muscles can be named according to their location such as? | 1. Frontailis
2. Tibialis.
3. Radialis. |
| The frontalis muscles? | raises your eyebrows. |
| Muscles can be named according to the number of divisions such as? | 1. Biceps brachii.
2. Triceps brachii.
3. Quadriceps. |
| Muscles can be named according to the direction their fibers such as? | transverse or oblique (slanted) |
| Muscles that rotate a limb are called? | rotators (pitchers). |
| Movement of the foot upward is called? | dorsiflexion. |
| Movement of the foot toward the ground is called? | plantar flexion. |
| Turning the palm so that is faces the ground is called? | pronation. |
| The two muscles that cause your palm to face downward are called the? | pronator teres and pronator quadratus. |
| Turning the palm upwards is called? | supination. |
| The muscle that causes your palm to face upward is called the? | supinator muscle (waitress) |
| The muscle that draws the scalp backwards is called the? | occipitalis. |
| The muscles involved in smiling and laughing are called? | zygomaticus. |
| The muslces that close the jaw are the? | masseter and temporalis. |
| The muscles that move the scapula include the? | 1. Levator scapulae (shrug).
2. Rhomboids.
3. Pectoralis minor.
4. Trapezius. |
| The muscle that flexes and adducts the arm is called the? | pectoralis major. |
| The muscle that extends, adducts, and rotates the arm medially (swimming) is called the? | latissimus dorsi. |
| The muscle that abducts the arm and is a site for intramuscular (IM) injections is called the? | deltoid. |
| The muscle that flexes the wrist is called the? | flexor carpi. |
| The muscle that extends the wrist is called the? | extensor carpi. |
| The muscles that flex the fingers or toes are called? | flexor digitora. |
| The muscles that extend the fingers or toes are called? | extensor digitora. |
| The muscle that flexes the thumb is called the? | flexor pollicis (text messaging). |
| The muscle that extends the thumb is called the? | extensor pollicis (hitch hike). |
| The muscle that moves the thumb toward midline is called the? | adductor pollicis. |
| The muscle that moves the thumb away from the midline is called the? | abductor pollicis. |
| The muscle that flexes and opposes the thumb and is used when we write is called the? | opponens pollicis (opposition). |
| The muscles that make up the abdominal wall include? | 1. External oblique.
2. Internal oblique.
3. Transversus abdominis.
4. Rectus abdominis ("washboard"). |
| The muscles of ventilation includes? | 1. Diaphragm.
2. Internal intercostals.
3. External intercostals. |
| The muscles of the buttocks include? | 1. Gluteus maximus (cheek).
2. Gluteus minimus.
3. Gluteus medius (IM injections). |
| The muscles that flex the knee include? | 1. Biceps femoris.
2. Semitendiousus.
3. Semimembranosus.
4. Popliteus.
5. Gracilis.
6. Sartorius. |
| The biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus, make up the? | "hamstrings." |
| The muscles that extend the knee include? | 1. Rectus femoris.
2. Vastus lateralis (IM injections).
3. Vastus medialis.
4. Vastus intermedius. |
| The rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medials and vastus intermedius make up the? | quadriceps femoris group. |
| The five muscles that plantar flex the foot (bring it downward) include? | 1. Gastrocemius (calf).
2. Tibialis posterior.
3. Soleus.
4. Peroneus longus.
5. Plantaris. |
| Two muscles dorisflex the foot (bring it upward) include? | 1. Tibialis anterior.
2. Peroneus tertius. |
| Humans have ______ skeletal muscles.? | 650. |
| If all the skeletal muscles worked together, they could lift? | 11 tons. |