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Muscular system

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show there are more than 600 muscles in the human body  
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how much of body weight is muscle?   show
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how were muscles named in early history and why was this a problem? what was the solution to this?   show
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show muscle attachment at the relatively stationary end  
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insertion   show
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belly   show
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show muscle to bone  
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ligament   show
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aponeuroisis   show
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show separate muscles cleanly from adjacent muscles  
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transect   show
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show muscles that work together to cause movement  
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show the risorius and zygomaticus major, both work together for smiling  
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antagonist   show
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example of antagonist   show
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fixator   show
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example of fixator   show
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show circular, fusiform, convergent (triangular) and straight (parallel)  
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example of circular muscle?   show
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example of fusiform muscle?   show
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show temporalis, or pectoralis major  
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example of straight (parallel) muscle?   show
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draw a circular muscle   show
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draw a fusiform muscle   show
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show fibers fans together to a point, point kind of continues, looks like a broom kinda  
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draw straight muscle   show
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example of muscle naed for its location?/   show
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example of muscle named for its shape?   show
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example of muscle named for its origin and insertion?   show
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show biceps brachii  
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trapezius   show
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extends the head & neck stabilizes, elevates, depresses and retracts the scapula   show
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show start at occipital, go to spine of scapula. continue midway thru vertebrae and all the way down to 3rd to last thoracic. fibers fan into scapula from above and belo  
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sternocleidomastoid   show
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contract both sides = head flexion contract one side: draws head down (and tilts it) to the side opposite of contracting muscle helps to rotate the head   show
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what are the two muscles moving the head?   show
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what are the 5 muscles of the scalp?   show
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auricularis anterior   show
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show auricularis anterior  
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auricularis posterior   show
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pull ear back   show
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auricularis superior   show
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pull ear up   show
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