Muscular System Basics

Tendons attach muscle to.....

• Joints
• Bone
• Muscle
• Ligaments

What are TWO other names for a skeletal muscle?

• Voluntary and striated
• Visceral and striated
• muscle and tendon
• Spindled and visceral

Muscle group on back of thighs

• Quadriceps
• hamstring
• trapezius
• deltoid

Muscle group on the font of thighs

• quadriceps
• hamstrings
• thighs
• arteries

Muscle tissue that makes up the intestines: 

• cardiac 
• smooth
• rough
• skeletal

Increasing the angle at a joint: 

• adductor
• abductor
• extensor
• flexor

Decreasing the angle at a joint

• extensor
• flexor
• adductor
• abductor

Muscle action which moves AWAY from the midline: 

• abductor
• adductor
• depressor
• extensor

This type of muscle has intercalated disks which are structures that form very tight bonds allowing these muscles to withstand a great amount of pressure and force over an individual's lifetime.

• Cardiac
• Skeletal
• Smooth
• Intestinal

This type of muscle tissue contains cells that branch apart and remain connected to one another to ensure a simultaneous muscle contraction.

• Skeletal
• Cardiac
• Smooth
• Peristalsis