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The Muscular System

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What is a SPRAIN?   Ligament Injury  
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What is a MYALGIA?   MUSCLE PAIN OR TERNDERNESS  
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What is PARALYSIS?   PARTIAL OR TOTAL LOSS OF THE ABILITY OF VOLUNTARY MUSCLES TO MOVE  
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What is HYPERTROPHY?   Increase in muscle diameter and strength  
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What is ATROPHY?   DECREASE IN MUSCLE SIZE, MUSCLE WASTING  
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What is TONUS?   PATIAL MUSCLE CONTRACTION  
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What is SPASM?   SUDDEN, SEVERE MUSCLE CONTRACTION  
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What is MUSCULAR DISTROPHY?   INHERITED DISORDER THAT CAUSES DETERIORATION OF MUSCLE FIBERS, MOST COMMON IN BOYS  
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What is ELECTROMYOGRAM?   Recording of electrical activity of a muscle  
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What is a STRAIN?   INJURY TO A TENDON OR MUSCLE  
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MUSCLES MAKE UP ALMOST ______ THE WEIGHT OF THE BODY.   HALF  
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The SIZE of your MUSCLES is influenced by what?   HOW MUCH YOU USE THEM  
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Individual elongated muscle cells can be _____ inches, or 30 ________ in length.   12 inches ==== 30 centimeters  
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By the age of _______ the number and diameter of muscle fibers begin to decrease.   40 years old  
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By the age of 80, what percentage of the muscle mass may be gone.   50%  
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What is the general term MUSCLE MEAN?   CONTRACTILE TISSUE  
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Muscle cells are _________________ and resemble fibers such as in clothing   ELONGATED  
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What is MUSCLE TISSUES contructed of?   BUNDLES OF MUSCLE FIBERS  
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What is the 3 MAJOR TYPES OF MUSCELS?   SKELETAL - SMOOTH - CARDIAC  
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SKELETAL MUSCLES are VOLUNTARY or INVOLUNTARY?   VOLUNTARY MUSCLES  
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Fibers in the skeletal muscle appear to be STRIPED and are therefore called   STRIATED MUSCLE  
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Smooth Muscles are VOLUNTARY or INVOLUNTARY   INVOLUNTARY - This means that it is NOT under our CONSCIOUS CONTROL  
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Why is it called SMOOTH MUSCLE   Because it DOES NOT HAVE THE STRIPED APPEARANCE of skeletal muscles.  
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Because it is the MUSCLE OF ORGANS it is sometimes called the   VISCERAL MUSCLE  
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T/F = Smooth muscle allows for the internal movement of food (peristalsis).   TRUE  
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It also facilitates the movement of blood by changing the diameter of the blood vessels also called   vasocontriction and vasodilation  
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Smooth muscle also facilitates the movement of air by .....   changing the diameter of the airways found in our lungs.  
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What is the 3rd Type of Muscle   CARDIAC MUSCLE  
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Does the CARDIAC MUSCLE have a STRIATED APPEARANCE?   YES  
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Where is the CARDIAC MUSCLE SOLELY FOUND?   IN THE HEART  
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The CARDIAC MUSCLE makes up the walls of the heart and causes it to do what?   CONTRACT  
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These contractions cause the ___________ movement (circulation) of blood within the body.   INTERNAL MOVEMENT  
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CARDIAC MUSCLE is like SMOOTH MUCSLE it is an   INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE  
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SKELETAL MUSCLE ARE ATTACHED TO _____ and provide ___________ for your body.   BONES - MOVEMENT  
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What do TENDONS DO?   They are FIBROUS TISSUE that usually attach SKELETAL MUSCLE TO BONES.  
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What do LIGAMENTS do?   THEY ATTACH BONE TO BONE  
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Muscle contraction is the ability of a muscle to   SHORTEN WITH FORCE  
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Smooth muscle is found in all the following except?   THE HEART = Airways,Digestive System,Blood Vessels  
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Which type of muscle is striated?   SKELETAL AND CARDIAC MUSCLE  
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Strations are?   MUSCLE CELLS  
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Muscles that can attach to a bone or soft tissue witout a tendon is called _____ and are broad sheets of connective tissue.   aponeuroses (APP OH NEW ROH SES)  
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What is AGONIST/PRIMARY MOVERS?   THE MUSCLES THAT CONTRACTS WHILE ANOTHER MUSCLE RELAXES AT THE SAME TIME TO CAUSE MOVEMENT  
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What is the POINT OF ORIGIN?   The END of a MUSCLE THAT IS ATTACHED TO A STATIONARY BONE  
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WHAT IS THE POINT OF INSERTION?   THE END OF A MUSCLE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE MOVING BONE, WITH THE MUSCLE ACTION MOVING THE INSERTION TOWARD THE ORIGIN.  
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WHAT IS SYNERGISTIC?   MUSCLES THAT CAN ASSIST IN MOVEMENT (EX Muscles in the hands and wrist)  
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What is the most important SKELETAL MUSCLE that contols our breathing?   DIAPHRAGM  
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This DOME SHAPED muscle seperates what 2 cavities?   ABDOMINAL and THORACIC  
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The diaphragm is responsible for what?   Performing the major work of bringing air into the lungs  
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Looking right and left at a stop sign is what correct body movement?   ROTATION - Circular movement that occurs around an axis  
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The first movement in curling a weight is called what?   FLEXION or ADDUCTION  
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Returning the weight from the curled position to your side is called what?   EXTENSION or ABDUCTION  
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The muscle that causes a movement is the?   AGONISTS OR PRIMARY MOVERS  
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The muscle attachment that does not move during muscle action is the ____________.   POINT OF ORIGIN  
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The thin myofilament needed for muscle contraction is called   ACTIN  
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The 2 ingredients needed for crossbridges to form and break are ______________ and ___________   ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) and Calcium (Ca)  
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The fundamental unit of muscle contraction is the_____   SARCOMERES  
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Sodium flowing into muscle fibers is triggered by the binding of _______________ released from neurons.   Acetylcholine (ACh)  
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During contraction _________ heads bind to ______________ myofilaments.   Myosin; actin  
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The __________ are the primary knee flexors.   HAMSTRINGS  
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The __________, knee extensors, originate on the __________ and insert on the __________.   Quadriceps; Pelvis; patella & tibia  
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The __________ originates on the sternum and clavical and inserts on the mastoid process.   STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID  
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This muscle inserts via the ACHILLIS TENDON   GASTROCNEMIUS  
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The ______, an elbow flexor, is the antagonist of the ________an elbow extensor.   Biceps Brachii; Triceps Brachii  
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What is TONUS?   This is the PARTIAL CONTRACTION OF A MUSCLE WITH RESISTANCE TO STRETCHING  
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What is HYPERTROPHY?   Refers to increased growth or development  
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What is ATROPHY?   When MUSCLES waste away from lack of use.  
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Where is VISERAL MUSCLE and SMOOTH MUSCLE FOUND?   In ALL Organs of the body EXCEPT THE HEART (Stomach, digestive system, uterus and in blood vessels, and bronchial airways  
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What is the difference between VASODILATE and VASOCONSTRICT?   Vasodilate = when blood vessels get larger Vasoconstrict = When blood vessels get smaller  
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What is INTERCALATED DISCS?   Structures that connect heart tissues cells to facilitate a smooth contraction  
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Dose CARDIAC MUSCLE regenerate after a SEVERE DAMAGE?   NO  
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What does MYALGIA MEAN   Pain or TENDERNESS in a muscle  
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What is FIBROMYALGIA?   One of the most common musculoskeletal disorders affecting women under age of 40. (Linked to chronic fatigue syndrome)  
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What is ATAXIA?   A condition in which the muscle are irregular in their actions or there is a lack of cordination  
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What is PARALYSIS?   Partial or TOTAL LOSS of the ability to move a muscle  
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What is a SPASM or CRAMPS   When a muscle contracts involuntarily suddenly and violently for a prolonged amount of time.  
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What is a SPRAIN?   A TEAR or BREAK in a ligament  
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What is a STRAIN?   They are TEARS or INJURY in the muscle and tendons  
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A common running related inflammatory condition of the extensor muscles and surroundings tissues are called   SHIN SPLINTS  
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When does a HERNIA OCCUR?   When there is a TEAR in the muscle wall and an organ of the body PROTRUDES through the OPENING  
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Tendinitis is a condition in which.....   TENDONS BECOME DAMAGED  
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What is MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY   An INHERITED MUSCULAR DISEASE in which muscle fibers DEGENERATE and the is a PROGRESSIVE muscular weakness.  
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Muscular Disorders can be diagnosed how?   By using a Electromyography (EMG) in which a muscle or group of muscles are stimulated with and electrical impulse.  
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What is a NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE   When a disease affects more than one system  
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What is MYASTHENIA GRAVIS?   Patient exhibits gradually increasing profound muscle weakness. The first symptom of this disease is drooping of 1 or both eyelids  
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What is GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME?   Disorder of the PERIPHERAL Nervous System that causes flaccid paralysis (limp muscles) and the loss of reflexes.  
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What is TETANUS?   Creates Rigid Paralysis - With this type of disease any minor stimulus can cause muscles to go into a major spasm.  
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A sudden or violent muscle contraction is called a what   SPASM or CRAMP  
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Partial or Total Loss of voluntary muscle use is called?   Paralysis  
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A tear in the muscle wall through which an organ can protrude is an   HERNIA  
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The body stores a carbohydrate called _________ in the muscle; it can be converted to a usable energy.   GLYCOGEN  
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__________ means pain or tenderness in the muscle   MYALGIA  
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Elbow flexion is the action of the ____ muscle.   Biceps Brachii  
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