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Muscular System Chapters 10 & 11. Did you know? more than 50% of body weight is muscle ~ 650 muscles in the human body (we will memorize 53)

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1 Muscular System Chapters 10 & 11

2 Did you know? more than 50% of body weight is muscle ~ 650 muscles in the human body (we will memorize 53)

3 Some Muscle Terminology Muscle fibers = muscle cells Myo & sarco: word roots referring to muscle (muscle) (flesh) Three types of muscle tissue: Skeletal, cardiac, & smooth

4 Three Types of Muscle SkeletalCardiacSmooth

5 Functions of Skeletal Muscles Allow skeletal movement Maintain posture Support soft tissues Guard entrances and exits Maintain body temperature

6 Skeletal Muscle Anatomy Skeletal muscle are: surrounded by connective tissue contain nerves contain own arteries and veins arranged in antagonistic pairs (e.g. triceps & biceps) (antagonistic means opposing)

7 How Skeletal Muscles Produce Movements Muscles exert a force on tendons which pull on bones Tendons connect muscle to bone brachialis flexes forearm

8 Origin Insertion Origin: the attachment of the muscle to the bone which remains stationary Insertion: the attachment of the muscle to the bone which moves Belly: between the origin and insertion Terminology

9 Flexion Types of Movement p. 271-274

10 Extension

11 Hyperextension

12 Abduction, Adduction, & Circumduction

13 Rotation

14 Elevation & Depression

15 Protraction & Retraction


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