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head & neck muscle

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occipitofrontalis   raises the eyebrows  
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orbicularis oculi   closes the eye lid  
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orbicularis oris   puckers your lips  
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muscle cells   muscle fibers  
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muscle responsible for smiling   zygomaticus  
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buccinator   flattens the cheeks  
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levator labii superioris   sneering  
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depresser anguli oris   frowning  
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what is mastication?   chewing  
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what muscles are used to chew?   temporalis, masseter, pterygoid  
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intrinsic tongue muscle   change the shape  
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extrinsic tongue muscle   move the tongue  
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what is contractility?   the ability of skeletal muscleto shorten with force  
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what is excitability?   the capacity of skeletal muscle to respond to a stimulus  
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what is extensibility?   the ability to be stretched  
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what is elasticity?   ability to recoil to their originial resting length after they have been stretched.  
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epimysium   connective tissue that surrounds each skeletal muscle  
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fascia   connective tissue, outside epimysium, surrounds and seperates muscles  
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perimysium   loose connective tissue surrounding fasciculi  
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myofibrils   threadlike structure that extends from one end of the fiber to the other  
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what do actin myofilaments resemble?   2 small strands of pearls twisted together  
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what do myosin myofilaments resemble?   bundles of small golf clubs  
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what do lateral neck muscles do?   rotate and adduct the neck  
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what is torticollis?   a twisted neck  
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what is a platysma?   single sheet like muscles, covers the anteriolateral neck. pulls corners of mouth down.  
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muscular groups that work against each other   antagonist  
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changes shape of the tongue   insintric tongue muscle  
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moves the tongue   extrinsic tongue muscle  
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the ability to be stretched   extensibility  
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ability to recoil to their original resting length after they have been stretched   elasticity  
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the capacity of the skeletal muscle in response to a stimulus   excitability  
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ability of skeletal muscle to shorten with force   contractility  
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connective tissue located outside the epimysium   fascia  
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composed of visible bundles   perymysium  
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skeletal muscle that is surrounded by a connective tissue steath   epimysium  
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thick myofilaments   myosin myofilaments  
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thin myofilaments   actin myofilaments  
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thread like structure that extends from one end of the fiber to another   myofibrils  
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Contract quickly and fatigue quickly   fast twitch fibers  
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group of muscles on each side of the back responsible for keeping the back straight and body   erector spinea  
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light area that consists of actin   I band  
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one another plays the major role in accomplishing the desired movement   synergist  
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enlarges nerve terminals   presynaptic terminal  
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basic structural and functional unity of the muscle   sarcomeres  
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nerve cells that carry actin potentials to skeletal muscle fibers   motor neurons  
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the muscle fiber will contract maximally at its   threshold  
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sliding of actin myofiloments past myosin myofilaments during contraction   sliding filament mechanism  
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kissing muscles   obicularis oris and bucciantor  
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flexes, extends, and abducts the arm   deltoid  
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single sheetlike muscle that covers the anterolateral neck   platsma  
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prime mover of the lateral neck muscle?   sternocliedomasoid  
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amount of tension produced by the muscle   isotonic  
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muscle tone   tension produced by the muscles of the body for long periods of time  
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portion between the origin and the insertion   belly  
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points of attachment of each muscle   origin and insertion  
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2 types of muscle contractions   isometric and isotonic  
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contraction of a whole muscle   muscle twitch  
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muscle fatigue   results when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be used  
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pulls corners of the mouth downward   platysma  
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torticollis   twisted neck  
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what is the masseter responsibe for?   chewing  
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anerobic respiration   without oxygen  
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aerobic respiration   with oxygen  
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lateral neck muscle   rotates head and neck  
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a mastication muscle that is deep to the mandible   pterygoid  
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the ammount of oxygen needed to convert lactic acid to glucose   oxygen debt  
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a muscle that plays a big role in accomplishing a desired movement   prime mover  
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insertion   end of muscle undergoing greatest movement  
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head or origin   most stationary end of the muscle  
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slow twitch fibes   contract slowly and resist fatigue  
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length of muscle contraction does not change   isometric  
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