muscular system

Cards (18)

  • what are the functions of the muscular system?
    Movement, stability, heat production, protection
  • what are the three types of muscle tissue?
    Skeletal, cardiac, smooth.
  • skeletal muscle
    voluntary; striated
  • cardiac
    involuntary
  • smooth
    involuntary; non-striated. ex- hollow, viscersal organs, stomach.
  • what are the abdominal muscles?

    Rectus abdominis, external obliques, internal obliques, transversus abdominis
  • occipitofrontalis (head/facial muscles)

    frontal belly
  • obiccularic occuli - head and face muscle
    eyes
  • temporalis- head and face

    temple
  • nasalis- head and face
    nasal
  • orbicularis oris - head and face

    mouth
  • epicranial aponeurosis - head and face
    parental/ top side
  • what are the quadriceps femoris groups and where are they located?
    vastus medialis- middle
    vastus intermedius- middle
    vastus lateralis- side
    rectus femoris
    they are located by hip muscles
  • what are the hamstring muscles?
    biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus
  • adductor group

    adductor longus
    adductor trapezius
    adductor magnus
  • upper traezius- leg
    upper back
  • love handles- legs
    latissimus dorsi
  • calf muscle
    gastronemus