Chapter 11 - The Musculoskeletal System (Muscles)

What do skeletal muscles enable us to do?

What is the function of smooth muscles?

What is the function of the cardiac muscle?

What is extensibility?

What is elasticity?

Briefly describe the structure of a skeletal muscle

Describe the structure of a myofibril

What are the two proteins involved in the sliding filament model?

What is the sliding filament model/theory?

Describe the positioning of a relaxed sarcomere

Describe the positioning of a partially contracted sarcomere

Describe the positioning of a fully contracted myofibril

What is a tendon?

What is an antagonist muscle?

What is a bicep?

What is a tricep?

What is an origin?

What is an insertion?

What is the belly of a muscle?

What is an agonist/prime mover?

What is a synergist?

What is a fixator?

How is muscle tone caused?

What is posture?