AHS-I Muscular System Study Guide

1. Muscles are responsible for producing most of our body ______.

2. The thoracic muscle which aids in breathing is the ______.

3. Steps that occur when a skeletal muscle contracts are impulse, axon, ______, synaptic cleft and ______.

4. When a muscle is in a constant state of readiness it is said to have muscle ______.

5. Muscles are able to return to their original shape when they relax. This characteristic is called ______.

6. Skeletal muscles are ______. (voluntary or involuntary)

7. Muscles are stimulated repeatedly without rest and lose ability to contract. The muscles have ______. (fatigue or atrophy)

8. The end of a muscle that attaches to movable bone is called the ______.

9. Muscle becomes shorter, thicker and causes movement, this characteristic is called ______.

10.Cardiac muscle forms the walls of the ______.

11.Major muscle that lies over the upper ribs is called the ______.

12.Three muscles that are found in the leg are g______,

h ______and q ______.

13.The hamstrings are found in the ______of the body.

14. Three muscles that are found in the arm are b______radials, t______, and b______.

15. The main muscle of the upper back is the ______.

1 16.Muscle found in the neck ______.

17.Main muscle of the lower back is called the ______.

18. Muscle that abducts the upper arm at the shoulder joint is called the ______.

19. A special circular muscle found in the openings between the esophagus and stomach ______.

20. Also known as the calf muscle ______.

21. Muscles hurt ______.

22. First thing to do for a strain is to apply ______.

23.To prevent muscle atrophy after a fracture ______the leg muscles.

24.IM injection given in the arm in the ______.

25.Inflammation of fluid filled sac that covers and lubricates muscles in the joints ______.

26.Severs calf pain ______.

27.Muscles become weak and flaccid ______.

28.Complains of pain in front of lower leg after running ______.

29.Tear in a muscle does not bleed very much inside the muscle but is painful and has some inflammation ______.

30.Overuse of muscles in the chest to aid in breathing ______.