Anatomy and Physiology: Muscle

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Front Back
Skeletal muscle:
Identify and give examples of where it is found
Answer 1
Multiple nuclei, striated, voluntary and involuntary (reflexes) control.
Location: attached to bones
Function: body movement
Smooth muscle:
Identify and give examples of where it is found
Answer 2
Spindle shaped, single nucleus that is centrally located.
Location: walls of hollow organs, blood vessels, eyes, glands, and skin
Function: Food movement through digestive tract ect.
Cardiac muscle:
Identify and give examples of where it is found
Answer 3
Striated, single centrally located nucleus.
Function: pumps blood
Location: Heart
Orbicularis Oculi
Answer 4
Closes eye
Orbicularis Oris
Compresses and purses lips
Zygomaticus Major
Answer 6
Retracts and elevates corners of the mouth
Platysma
Answer 7
Tenses skin of neck, depresses mandible
Frontalis
Answer 8
Raises eyebrows, wrinkles scalp
Occipitalis
Answer 9
Tenses and retracts scalp
Buccinator
Answer 10
Compresses cheeks
Masseter
Answer 11
Elevates mandible
Temporalis
Answer 12
Elevates mandible
Medial Pterygoid
Answer 13
Moves mandible side to side
Lateral Pterygoid
Answer 14
Moves mandible side to side
Genioglossus
Answer 15
Depresses tongue