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MUSCULAR SYSTEM

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APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY MUSCLESARE IN THE HUMAN BODY?   600  
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SOME MUSCLES WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WHAT?   BONES  
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WHAT CONTROLS VOLUNTARY MUSCLE MOVEMENT?   THE MOTOR NERVES OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM  
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THE BODY STORES CARBS IN THE MUSCLES IN THE FORM OF A WHAT?   STARCH  
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WHAT IS THE STARCH THAT IS STORED IN THE MUSCLES CALLED?   GLYCOGEN  
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WHAT IS GLYCOGEN CHANGED INTO?   GLUCOSE  
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WHAT IS THE MUSCLES SOURCE OF ENERGY?   GLUCOSE  
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WHAT IS RELEASED AS YOU USE YOUR STORED ENERGY?   HEAT  
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WHY DO YOU RELEASE HEAT AS YOU USE YOUR ENERGY?   TO WARM THE BODY  
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DO THE MUSCLES PROVIDE HEAT?   YES  
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DO THE MUSCLES PROVIDE THE ABILTY TO MOVE OR NOT?   THEY DO  
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DO THE MUSCLES SUPPORT THE STRUCTURE OF THE BODY?   YES  
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CAN THE MUSCLES HOLD THE BODY UPRIGHT?   YES  
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WHAT DO THE STRUCTURE OF THE SKELETAL MUSCLES SERVE AS?   TO PROTECT THE BLOOD VESSELS & NERVES WHICH LIE THROUGHOUT THE BODY  
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WHAT DO THE MUSCLES PROVIDE PROTECTIVE PADDING FOR?   TO SHIELD DELICATE ORGANS & STRUCTURES FROM INJURY  
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DO THE MUSCLES ADD A NICE SHAPE TO THE BODY?   YES  
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WHAT ARE THE 3 OF THE FUNCTIONS OF MUSCLES?   TO PROVIDE HEAT TO PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO MOVETO SUPPORT THE STRUCTURE OF THE BODY & HOLD IT UPRIGHT  
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WHAT ARE 2 MORE OF THE FUNCTIONS ON MUSCLES?   TO PROTECT THE BLOOD VESSELS & NERVESPROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE INTERNAL ORGANS & STRUCTURES FROM INJURY  
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WHAT IS ANOTHER FUNCTION OF THE MUSCLES?   TO ADD TO THE SHAPE OF THE BODY  
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HOW MANY TYPES OF MUSCLE TISSUE ARE THERE?   3  
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WHAT IS THE FIRST TYPE OF MUSCLE TISSUE?   SKELETAL MUSCLE TISSUE  
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WHERE DO SKELETAL MUSCLES ATTACH?   TO BONES  
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WHAT DO SKELETAL MUSCLES ATTACH TO BONE FOR?   TO ALLOW FOR MOVEMENT  
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WHAT IS THE SECOND TYPE OF MUSCLE ATTACH?   SMOOTH MUSCLE TISSUE  
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WHAT IS SMOOTH MUSCLE TISSUE MADE UP OF?   SMALL DELICATE MUSCLE CELLS  
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WHERE IS SMOOTH MUSCLE TISSUE FOUND?   THROUGHOUT THE INTERNAL ORGANS OF THE BODY  
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WHERE IS THERE NO SMOOTHH MUSCLE?   IN THE HEART  
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WHAT IS THE THIRD TYPE OF MUSCLE TISSUE?   CARDIAC MUSCLE TISSUE  
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WHERE IS CARDIAC MUSCLE TISSUE FOUND?   THE HEART  
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WHAT DO THE MUSCLES DO WHEN THEY CONTRACT?   BECOME SHORTER & THICKER  
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WHAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF MUSCLE COTRACTION?   THE BICEP OF THE UPPER ARM  
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FLEX YOUR BICEP?   THE BICIP CONTRACTS TO BEND THE ELBOW & THE SHORTER THICKER MUSCLE CAUSES A BULGE IN THE UPPER ARM  
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WHAT IS A FLEXOR?   THE SKELETAL MUSCLE THAT BENDS A JOINT  
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WHAT MUSCLE STRAIGHTENS A JOINT?   THE EXTENSOR  
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WHAT DO THE FLEXOR & EXTENSOR FORM?   A MUSCLE TEAM  
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WHAT DOES THE MUSCLE TEAM DO?   BEND & STRAIGHTEN JOINTS  
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WHAT IS ANOTHER REASON FOR MUSCLE CONTRACTION?   TO MOVE EXTREMITIES TO & FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE BODY  
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DO MUSCLES PULL OR PUSH?   PULL  
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CAN MUSCLES EVER PUSH?   NO NO NO  
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ARE SOME MUSCLES PARTIALLY CONTRACTED AT ALL TIMES?   YES  
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WHAT MUSCES ARE PARTIALLY CONTRACTED T ALL TIMES?   MOST SKELETAL  
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WHY ARE MOST SKELETAL MUSCLES PARTIALLY CONTRACTED AT ALL TIMES?   TO MAINTAIN THE BODY'S ERECT POSITION  
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WHAT IS THE CONSTANT STATE OF CONTRACTION KNOWN AS?   MUSCLE TONE  
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SOME MUSCULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE SHEATHS EXTEND TO FORM A STRONG FIBROUS STRUCTURE KNOWN AS WHAT?   A TENDON  
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ARE TENDONS EXTREMELY WEAK OR EXTREMELY STRONG?   EXTREMELY STRONG  
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DO THE STRETCH?   NO  
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WHAT IS THE THICKEST & STRONGEST TENDON IN THE HUMAN BODY?   ACHILLES TENDON  
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WHERE DO TENDONS ATTACH?   THE ROUGH SURFACE ON A BONE  
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WHAT DOES THE ACHILLES TENDON ATTACH TO?   TO THE GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE TO THE HEEL BONE  
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WHERE IS THE GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE?   IN THE CALF OF THE LEG  
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WHEN SKELETAL MUSCLES JOIN BONES THAT MEETS AT JOINTS WHAT HAPPENS TO ONE OF THE BONES?   IT BECOMES AN ANCHOR ON WHICH A MUSCLE HAS ITS ORIGIN  
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IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE MOVING PARTS OF THE MUSCLES WHAT HAPPENS?   THE MUSCLE GROUPS ARE SEPERATED FROM EACHOTHER  
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WHAT IS THE MEMBRANE THAT REDUCES THE FRICTION FROM MOVEMENT CALLED?   A SHEATH  
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WHAT IS THE SHAPE OF A SHEATH?   LIKE A SAC  
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WHAT IS INSIDE THE SHEATH?   A SLIPPERY FLUID LINING  
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WHAT IS THE SLIPPERY FLUID LINING OF A SHEATH CALLED?   A BURSA  
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WHERE ARE SMOOTH INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES FOUND?   THROUGHOUT THE INTERNAL ORGANS & STRUCTURES OF THE BODY  
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WHERE ARE SPHINCTERS FOUND?   THROUGHOUT THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM & INSIDE THE BLOOD VESSELS OF THE BODY  
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WHAT IS A SPHINCTER?   A SMOOTH DONUT SHAPED MUSCLE  
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WHAT DO SPHINCTERS DO?   PINCH SHUT INTERMITTENTLY TO CONTROL THE FLOW OF FOOD OR LIQUID  
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HOW LONG CAN A SPHINCTER REMAIN CONTRACTED FOR?   HOURS  
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WHAT IS TENDONITIS?   A PAINFUL INFLAMMATION OF THE TENDON & TENDON-MUSCLE ATTACHMENTS TO THE BONE  
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WHERE IS TENDONITIS COMMONLY FOUND?   AT THE SHOULDER, ELBOW, KNEE, HIP, HEEL, OR HAMSTRINGS  
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CAN YOU PUSH OR PULL A MUSCLE?   PULL  
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WHAT IS EPICONDYLITIS?   INFLAMMATION OF THE FOREARM TENDON AT THE ATTACHMENT ON THE HUMERUS AT THE ELBOW  
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WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR EPICONDYLITIS?   TENNIS ELBOW  
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WHAT IS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY?   A GROUP OF CONGENITAL DISORDERS RESULTING IN PROGRESSIVE WASTING AWAY OF SKELETAL MUSCLES  
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WHAT IS TORTICOLIS?   A NECK DEFORMITY WHICH BENDS THE HEAD TO THE AFFECTED SIDE & ROTATES THE CHIN TOWARD THE OPPOSITE SIDE  
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WHAT CAUSES TORTICOLIS?   SHORTENING OR SPASM OF THE STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID NECK MUSCLE  
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WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR TORTICOLIS?   WRYNECK  
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