Muscular System

What are the functions of the muscles?

• hold the body erect

• helps generate body heat

• helps blood move through the veins and food through the digestive system

• all are functions of the muscles.

Identify this muscle

• Trapezius
• Latissimus Dorsi
• External obliques
• Sternocleidomastoid

The term for an involuntary muscle contraction.

• atrophy

• spasm

• tenodesis

• adhesion

1 of the 4 main jobs of the muscular system is

• to give us posture

• sensory response (taste, smell, touch, etc)

• protect from disease

• deliver oxygen to the body

What muscle attaches to the bone and produces movement?

• skeletal muscle

• cardiac muscle

• smooth muscle

• visceral muscle

__________________ anchors the the muscle to bone

• aponeurosis

• fascia

• tendons

• ligament

This is the ability of skeletal muscle where it can return to its original shape after it has been stretched

• Contractility

• Excitability

• Extensibility

• Elasticity

What are the names of the 2 filaments

that interact during muscle contraction?

These muscles work automatically without us doing any work.  

• Skeletal/ Voluntary
• Smooth/Involuntary
• Cardiac 
• Rough 

What are the 3 types of muscles?

• Cardiac, smooth and skeletal
• Cardiac, skeletal, prime
• Flexion, extension, smooth
• Skeletal, smooth, stringy