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muscle overview

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Antagonist   Opposes action of another muscle.  
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Prime Mover   primary actor in movement  
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Synergist   acts w/another muscle to produce movement  
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Muscles are identified by:   location, size, action, shape  
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Frontalis   raises eyebrows  
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Zygomaticus   makes us smile  
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Latissimus dorsi   provides extention, adduction and rotation of the arm inwardly.  
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Triceps Brachii   extends the arm at the elbow  
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Diaphragm   seperates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity  
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Rectus Abdominus   flexes vertebral column and compresses the abdominal wall  
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Gastrocnemius   flexes the foot and aids in moving the body foward  
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Atrophy   wasting of muscles due to disease over a long period of time  
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Fibromyalgia   widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue disorder  
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Muscular Dystrophy   MD genetic disorder weakness and degeneration of skeletal muscle  
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Myasthenia gravis   CHRONIC neuromuscular disease  
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Sprain   injury to a ligament  
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Strain   injury to a muscle or a tendon  
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Muscular system functions   movement, tonicity, heat production, stability  
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Fascia   connective tissue held together by a fibrous sheath called...  
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Muscles must....   ...be supplied with proper oxygen and nutrition to perform properly  
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Muscles are composed of   75% water, 20% protien, 5% carbs, lipids, and salts  
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3 types of muscle tissue   Cardiac, smooth, skeletal  
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Skeletal muscles   allow movement by being attached to bones, voluntary  
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Smooth muscles   found in digestive, bladder, involuntary  
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Cardiac muscle   quadrangular, cross striated, heart  
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how many different muscles are there   600  
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Epimysium   thin covering which surrounds muscle  
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Muscles are attached to bone   by tendons  
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Aponeuroses   wide thin sheet-like tendon that attached muscle to muscle  
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Perimysium   responsible for dividing muscles into sections called fasicles  
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Endomysium   covering made up of connective tissue that surrounds individual muscle cell  
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Origin   site of attachment to bone that is more fixed or still  
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Insertion   site of attachment to a bone that moves  
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