Frog Muscular System
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Three Basic Muscle Types | Smooth or visceral muscle, cardiac muscle, skeletal or somatic muscle |
| Cardiac muscle | forms the bulk of the heart. |
| Smooth or visceral muscle | muscle found in the walls of the hollow internal organs of the body such as stomach and blood vessels |
| skeletal muscle | lies deep to the skin and is attached to bones |
| The muscular system | consists only of the type of muscle that is attached to bones and its associated connective tissue. |
| Fibers | are muscle cells that are arranged in parallel bundles to form a muscle unit. |
| Fasciculi | groups of fibers |
| Deep Fascia | connective tissue surrounding skeletal muscle |
| Tendon | a narrow band of deep fascia that extends from a muscle to a bone, strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone |
| aponeurosis | Broad, flat, sheet like connective tissue that connects muscles to a bone or another muscle |
| Movement | primary function of muscular system. |
| Action | various types of body movements |
| origin | the muscle that remains stable |
| insertion | the mobile end of the muscle that shortens |
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