Muscle Test

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3 Classifications of Muscle

1) Smooth (involuntary)

2) Striated (voluntary)(skeletal)

3) Cardiac

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Smooth muscle Examples

  • digestive tract

  • internal organs

  • blood vessels

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Striated muscle Examples

Most attached to skeleton (+600)

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5 Properties of Muscles

1) Excitability

2) Contractable

3) Extensibility

4) Excitability

5) Conductability

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Antagonistic Muscle Pairings

  • Prime Mover

  • Antagonist

  • Synergists/Fixators

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Types of muscle contractions

  • Dynamic

    • shortens (concentric)

    • lengthens (eccentric)

  • Static

    • Same length (isometric)

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Skeletal Muscle

  • Sarcolemma

  • Muscle Fibre

  • Endomysium

  • Facile

  • Perimysium

  • Epimysium

  • Belly

  • Tendon

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3 Joint Classifications

1) Fixed (fibrous)

2) Slightly movable (cartilagenous)

3) Freely moveable (synovial)

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Fixed Joints

  • no movement

  • Connects bone w/ tough fibre

    • eg. Ilium + pubis, parietal + frontal

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Slightly moveable (cartilagenous)

  • slight movement

  • +2 bones connected via cartilage

    • eg. vertebrae, ribs/sternum, pubis symphasis

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Freely moveable (synovial)

  • large range of motion

  • joint capsule

  • 6 subtypes