Exam 7: The Muscular System: Movement for the Journey

Hypertrophy is muscle wasting.

Which disorder affects the peripheral nervous system usually with ascending paralysis starting in the feet?

The muscle that controls breathing is the ____________.

________ is an injury that is the result of overuse, overstretching, or forcible stretching of a muscle beyond its functional capacity.It sometimes involves a tendon or ligament.

Vasoconstriction makes vessels smaller.

________ provides the energy to help the myosin heads form and break the crossbridges with actin.

Symptoms of tendinosis include which of the following?

All of the following can be used in naming a muscle except ________.

____________ describes increasing the angle of a joint.

Tetanus is a muscle disease caused by an untreated bacterial infection of a(n) ________.

Skeletal muscles are able to contract ________ times faster than smooth muscle.

During muscle contraction myosin heads bind to ______________.

Smooth muscle is found in the stomach.

The majority of fibromyalgia syndrome patients are ________.

Explain why corpses become stiff.

Which term is used to designate muscle pain?

The rectus femoris is in the arm.

Strength training causes ________.

________ is a potentially deadly disease caused by food poisoning with the Clostridium botulinum bacteria.

The _____________________ muscle is located on the front of the lower leg.