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Muscular System

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The muscle found in the internal organs and blood vessels.   Smooth Muscles  
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Muscle found in the heart.   Cardiac  
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Muscles that surround the bones.   skeletal  
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Muscles that move automatically, they are not under our conscious control.   Involuntary  
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Muscles that are under conscious control, we instruct them to perform everyday actions.   Voluntary  
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Longest muscle   Sartorius  
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Chest muscle   Pectoralis Major  
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Thigh Muscle   Quadricep  
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The muscle you use to flex your arm.   Bicep  
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The muscle you use to extend your arm.   Tricep  
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Skeletal muscles make up about what percent of our muscles?   90%  
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Tearing a muscle fiber   Strain  
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Prolonged contraction of a muscle   Muscle Cramp  
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Complete tear of a muscle. Most serious of injuries   Muscle tear  
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Swelling of the tendons due to over use   Tenonitis  
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Calf Muscle   Gastocnemius  
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The muscle you sit on   Gluteus Maximus  
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The muscle that is paired with the abs   erectors  
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The muscle paired with the quadricep   Hamstring  
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How many muscles are found in the human body   Over 600  
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What muscle raises your arm sideways at the shoulder   Deltoid  
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Which muscle bends your arm at the elbow   Biceps  
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Which muscle flexes your trunk so you can bend forward   Abdominals  
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Which muscle straighten your leg at the knee and keep it straight when you stand   Quadriceps  
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Which muscle raises your arm at the shoulder. Draws it across your chest   Pectorals  
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Which muscle pulls your arm down at the shoulder. Draws it behind your back   Latissimus Dorsi  
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Which muscle holds and rotates your shoulders. Moves your head back and sideways   Trapezius  
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Which muscle straightens your arm at the elbow   Tricep  
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Which muscle bends your leg at the knee   Hamstring  
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Which muscle straightens the ankle joint so you can stand on tiptoes   Gastrocnemius  
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Isotonic/Concentric   Muscles shorten as they contract  
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Isotonic/Eccentric   Muscles lengthen as they contract under tension  
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Isometric   Muscles stay the same length as they contract  
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Flexors   Contracting to bend our joints.  
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Extensors   Contracting to straighten joints.  
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What type of muscle fibers would a distance runner have more of?   Slow Twitch  
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What type of muscle fibers would a sprinter have?   Fast Twitch  
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Which connective tissue attaches muscles to bone?   Tendon  
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Erectors   Flex your trunk so you can bend backwards  
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Hypertrophy   the muscles increase in size  
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Atrophy   the muscle decreases in size  
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When a muscle works out, what does the muscle temperature do? Rise or decrease   Rise  
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