A | B |
Non-striated muscle group | Smooth |
Biggest function of muscles | movement, produces heat, forms shape & posture |
Cardiac muscle found where | Heart |
Attaches muscles to bone | Tendons |
Original point of muscle attachment | Origin |
What has 2 characteristics of excitability and irritability | Action potential |
Opposite working muscles | Antagonist |
Balance & stability of muscles | Synergists |
Conscious/voluntary nerve impulses | Cerebrum |
Wasting away of muscles | Atrophy |
2 exercises for Skeletal muscles | Isotonic and Isometric |
Primary energy for muscles | ATP |
6 forms of energy | ATP, Creatine, Glycogen, Oxygen, Cell respiration and lactic acid |
Natural resting state of cells | Polarization |
Cells reaction to muscle contraction | Depolarization |
Space between where something meets | Synapse |
Returning to resting state of cells | Repolarization |
Individual contracting unit of the muscle | Sacromere |
Coating around the sacromere that holds calcium ions | Sacroplasmic Reticulum |
The kissing muscle | Orbicularis Oris |
Decreased angle of joint | Flexion |
Increased angle of joint | Extension |
Movement towards mid-line | Adduction |
Movement away from mid-line | Abduction |
Palm or face down | Pronation |
Face or palm up | Supination |
Bringing toes towards head | Dorsiflexion |
To "plant" your toes away from head | Plantarflexion |
Moving around an axis, no opposite | Rotation |
The "smiling muscle" | Zygomaticus |
The "Praying muscle" | Sternocleidomastoid |
The "chewing muscle" | Masseter |
The "winking, blinking" muscle | Orbicularis Oculi |
Think Halloween - "scarecrow" muscle | Deltoid |
The "butt cushion" of the body | Gluteus Maximus |
The "calf" muscle | Gastrocnemius |
Rigor mortis | Lack of ATP |
Small bundles of muscle fibers | Fascicles |
The "fan-shaped" muscle on the side of the head | Temporalis |
Antagonistic to the Sternocleidomastoid | Trapezius |