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Muscle exam

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Cardiac Muscle   Intercalated  
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Smooth Muscle   Involuntary Non-striated  
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Another name for smooth muscle   Visceral muscle  
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Twitch contraction   Laboratory phenomena and normal muscle activity  
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Tetanic Contraction   Sustained muscle contraction caused by stimuli letting muscle in rapid succession  
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Isotonic Contraction   Movement  
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Isometric Contraction   No movement  
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Atrophy   Decrease  
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Hypertrophy   Increase muscle size  
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Strength training   Exercise involving contraction of muscle against heavy resistance  
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Endurance training   Increase muscle and blood vessels  
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Skeletal Muscle   Voluntary,Cell Shape,Striated  
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When a muscle contract   Z lines are pulled closer together  
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To produce smooth movement at a joint   Prime mover and Synergist must be contracted  
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The number of motor units involved allows us to partially contract different weight a whole muscle   The number of motor united needed  
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Sliding Filament   A sarcomere to contract, bridges must form between actin & myosin, calcium must be released from the endoplasmic reticulum and ATP must be broken down for energy or all the above  
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Tonic Contraction   Muscle tone, low strength muscle, enable us to maintain body position  
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Microanatomy of the sarcomere   Thin and thick filament, Actin and Myosin and z line from z line  
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Contraction   Basic physiology, z line gets closer together  
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Trunk   Abdominal Muscle  
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Rectus Abdominis   Flexes trunk  
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External oblique   Compresses abdomen  
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Internal oblique   Compresses abdomen  
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Transversus Abdominis   Compresses abdomen  
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Upper extremity   Arms  
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Pectorails Major   Flexes upper arm  
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Latissimus Dorsi   Extends upper arm  
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Deltoid   Abducts upper arm  
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Biceps Brachii   Flexes forearm  
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Triceps Brachii   Expands forearm  
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Head and neck   Facial muscle  
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Orbicularis oculi   Close eyes  
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Orbicularis Oris   Draw lips together or kiss  
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Zygomaticus   Elevates corner of mouth and lips or Smiles  
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Masseter   Close jaw  
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Temporal   Close jaw  
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Sternocleidomastoid   Flexes head  
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Trapezious   Elevates shoulders and expands head  
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Lower Extremity   Legs and thighs  
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Iliopsoas   Flexes thigh  
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Gluteus Maximus   Expands thigh  
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Adductor Muscle   Adduct thigh  
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Hamstrings muscle   Flex lower leg  
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Semimembranous   Flexes knee  
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Semitendinosus   Flexes knee  
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Biceps femoris   Flexes knee  
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Quadriceps femoris group    
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Rectus femoris   Extends knee  
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Vastus laterals   Extends knee  
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Medialis   Extends knee  
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Intermedius   Extends knee  
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Tibial anterior   Dorsiflexes foot  
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Gastrocnemius   Plantar flexes foot  
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Peroneus group   Flex foot  
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