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What are the different types of muscles
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Skelteal Cardiac Smooth
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Define smooth muscle
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Involuntary muscle that determines movement which body has no control over
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Example of a smooth muscle
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Movement of food through digestive system
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Define cardiac muscle
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Involuntary muscle that determines movement which the body has no control over
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Example of cardiac muscle
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Heart movement
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Define skeletal muscles
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Produces human movement as groups of muscle work together to make movement
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Define origin of a muscle
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The more fixed end or attachment of a muscle.
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Define insertion of a muscle
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The point or mode of attachment of a skeletal muscle to the bone or other body part that it moves.
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Define agonist
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A contracting muscle that is resisted or counteracted by an antagonistic muscle
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Define antognist
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A muscle that opposes the action of another; "the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles”
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What are the different types of muscle contractions
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Isometric contraction Concentric contraction Eccentric contraction
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Define isometric contraction
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Occur where the muscle generates force against a fixed resistance that does not move.
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Example of isometric contraction
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Bicep curl with no movement
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Define concentric contraction
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The muscle shortening causing movement at the joint.
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Example of concentric muscle
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Bicep shortens to life weight
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