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Muscular system
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/31/2016

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Term
characteristic of muscle
Definition

cardiac , smooth and skeletal

 

 called muscle fibers

Term
smmoth muscle
Definition

aid in fuction of organ

 

involuntary muscles

 

located : internal organs ( Diges, resp , BV )

Term
cardiac muscle
Definition

contract to force blood from heart to arteries

 

found in heart walls

Term
skeletal muscle
Definition

attached to skeletal

 

works in pairs

Term
Skeletal muscles work in pairs
Definition

one muscle contract other relaxes

 

attached to two bones on opposite side of joint

Term
tendons
Definition
muscles attached to bone
Term
origin
Definition
muscle attached to bone stationary while moving
Term
insertion
Definition
attached to bone that moves
Term
skeletal muscle function
Definition

supposts body posture

 

 movemet of bones and tissues

 

generates heat by maintaing constant body temperature

 

hels move blood through veins and lymphatic fluids

throught lymphatic vessels

 

protects vital organs and joints

Term
SKELETAL SYSTEM STRUCTURES
Definition

FASCIA : MUSCLES COVERED BY CONNECTIVE TISSUES

 

FASCICLES : MUSCLES CONTAIN BUNDLES OF SKELETAL FIBERS

 

( BLOOD VESSELS AND NERVES ARE BETWEEN FASCICLE)

Term
MUSCLE FIBERS
Definition

MUSCLE CELLS ARE LONG CELLS

 

COMPOSED OF LONG THIN MICROFIBRILS

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