Muscular System

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• What are some examples of diseases and disorders of the muscular system?
• How does the respiratory system work with the muscular system? Would it be possible for respiration to occur without muscle function?
• How do the circulatory system, muscular system, and respiratory system work together to bring oxygen to the cells?
• What are the differences between the male and the female muscular systems?
• What are some examples of smooth muscle tissue? What are some examples of skeletal muscle?
• When a girl bends her arm, she uses a different muscle to bring it back to the original position. Why can’t she use the same muscle to both bend and straighten her arm?
• What type of muscle tissue is found in the biceps and quadriceps? What type of muscle tissue is found in the heart?
• How does the endocrine system work with the muscular system?
• What structures connect the muscular system and the skeletal system? How do muscle contractions occur to produce movement?
• What type of joint is found in the shoulder and the hip? What type of joint is found in the knee and at the elbow?
• Is lifting a glass of water to your mouth considered an isotonic muscle contraction? Is pushing against a stationary wall considered an isotonic muscle contraction?
• What are some functions of muscles?
• What is the function of the muscular system?
• What is the longest muscle of the human body? What is the largest muscle of the upper back?
• The involuntary muscle that moves food through the digestive system is called what kind of muscle?
• What is the term that describes the unit of a muscle cell that contains all of the structures necessary to cause contraction?
• What is the role of myosin during muscle contraction?
• What organ in the muscular system does botulism affect?
• Is the gluteus medius muscle located on the ventral surface of the body? Is the occipitalis muscle located on the ventral surface of the body?
• What function do calcium ions perform during the contraction of skeletal muscle?
• What are some similarities between the muscular system of a cat and that of a human?
• Is the diaphragm a smooth muscle or a skeletal muscle?
• What is the name of the movements of the esophagus that massages food to digest it?
• What is the zone that disappears when actin filaments slide?
• What is muscle atrophy? What causes this?
• Which organ's major function is converting chemical energy into mechanical energy?
• What type of joint is found in the neck?
• What does your sternocleidomastoid muscle enable you to do?
• The maximum sustained contraction of a muscle is what type of contraction?
• What is a contractile unit of a myofibril?
• What are the functions of voluntary and involuntary muscles?
• Would the nervous and skeletal systems function without the muscular system? Why or why not? Please help me finish, its the last Question of my HW.?
• How does the muscular system affect other systems?
• How does the muscular system affect the body?
• How does the muscular system change with age?
• How does the muscular system function?
• Where are the pectoral muscles found in the body? Where are the trapiezius muscles found?
• Synaptic vesicles in the axon terminal of a motor neuron contain what neurotransmitter?
• What is the structure of the muscular system?
• Does the muscular system have any organs?
• Which of these is not an example of an isotonic muscle contraction: tying your shoe, lifting a glass of water to your mouth, pushing against a wall, or writing a letter?
• What type of filaments do sarcomeres contain?
• How does the respiratory system depend on the muscular system?
• What are some examples of important smooth, cardiac, or skeletal muscles?
• What is the relationship between the nervous system and muscular system?
• Related to the Muscular System Sliding Filament Theory, what molecule must bind to the cross bridge in order for it to disconnect with actin?
• Which muscle extends from the corners of the mouth to the cheekbone; called the smiling muscle?
• Of smooth, cardiac, and skeletal which one or ones is referred to as the muscular system?
• What does the skeletal system do?
• Is the radius part of the skeletal or the muscular system?
• What does tetany mean; with regard to the musculoskeletal system?
• What technology currently available aids in the repair of damaged muscles?
• What is the most powerful muscle in the body?
• Where in the body are the triceps, the latissumus dorsi, the gluteals, and the gastrocnemius muscles?
• In detail, what processes do the respiratory system and the muscular system go through to work together?
• What type of muscle tissue works slowly, but constantly?
• What is the role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in muscle contraction?
• What system does the muscle cell belong to?
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• What do muscles do?
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• What is a tendon?
• Is it possible for our muscle cells to produce energy by anaerobic respiration?
• Why can't muscles on stumps of limbs regenerate?
• What would happen if there were no bones in our body?
• How is energy stored in a cell?
• What are the types of muscles?