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Skeletal muscle:
Identify and give examples of where it is found |
 Multiple nuclei, striated, voluntary and involuntary (reflexes) control. Location: attached to bones Function: body movement |
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Smooth muscle:
Identify and give examples of where it is found |
 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. |
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Cardiac muscle:
Identify and give examples of where it is found |
 Striated, single centrally located nucleus. Function: pumps blood Location: Heart |
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Orbicularis Oculi
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 Closes eye |
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Orbicularis Oris
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Compresses and purses lips
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Zygomaticus Major
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 Retracts and elevates corners of the mouth |
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Platysma
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 Tenses skin of neck, depresses mandible |
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Frontalis
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 Raises eyebrows, wrinkles scalp |
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Occipitalis
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 Tenses and retracts scalp |
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Buccinator
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 Compresses cheeks |
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Masseter
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 Elevates mandible |
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Temporalis
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 Elevates mandible |
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Medial Pterygoid
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 Moves mandible side to side |
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Lateral Pterygoid
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 Moves mandible side to side |
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Genioglossus
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 Depresses tongue |
