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Muscular System Stations
Station #1
Define the clinical terms with their descriptions and copy them down onto your paper. (Ch. 9)
1. Fibromyositis (fibromyalgia)
2. Hernia
3. Myalgia
4. Myofascial pain syndrome
5. Myopathy
6. Myotonic dystrophy
7. Spasm
8. Strain
9. Tetanus
Station #2
Complete the flowchart and copy down onto your paper. Work on your homework packet when
complete. Flowchart starts with the largest structure and ends with the smallest.
WORD BANK
Actin
Endomysium
Epimysium
Muscle
Muscle Fiber
surrounds
Myofibril
Myofilament
Myosin
Perimysium
Thick Filament
Thin Filament
ENTIRE MUSCLE
Made of
surrounds
Which are bundles of
surrounds
myosin
Station #3
Read the article “Athletes Looking Good and Doing Better with Anabolic Steroids.” (page
313) Write a paragraph discussing the effects (good and bad) of the anabolic steroids.
Determine whether or not you feel they should or should not be banned for professional
athletes. Defend your opinion.
Station #4
Identify the 7 ways that muscles get their names and using the list of muscles provided,
determine which ways they are named. Some will fall under several categories.
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biceps femoris
triceps brachii
occipitalis
frontalis
rectus abdominis
sternohyoid
orbicularis oculi
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trapezius
gluteus maximus
temporalis
internal intercostals
extensor digitorum
longus
1. Location (bone or body region)
2. Action (movement it produces)
3. Direction of muscle fibers
4. Shape of muscle
5. Number of origins
6. Origin or Insertion (muscle
attachments)
7. Relative size of muscle
(maximus=largest)
 sternocleidomastoi
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 brachioradialis
 peroneus brevis
 peroneus longus
 deltoid
 external oblique
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adductor longus
zygomaticus minor
flexor carpi ulnaris
tibialis anterior
erector spinae
transversus
abdominis
Station #5
Match the vocabulary words with their correct meaning and copy them down onto your paper.
 Antagonist
 Isometric
 Muscle
 Synergist
twitch
 Aponeurosis
 Isotonic
 Tendons
 Origin
 Fixators
 Muscle tone
 Prime mover
 Insertion
1.
Cords of dense fibrous tissue attaching a muscle to a bone.
2.
A muscle contraction when muscle changes in length
3.
Fibrous or membranous sheet connecting a muscle and the
part it moves.
4.
Muscle whose contractions are primarily responsible for a
particular movement; agonist.
5.
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during
muscular contraction.
6.
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by
relaxation.
7.
The moveable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its
origin.
8.
Muscles acting to immobilize a joint or a bone
9.
Sustained partial contraction of a muscle in response to a
stretch receptor inputs
10.
Contraction of muscle that stays the same length.
11.
Muscle that acts in opposition to an agonist or prime
mover.
12.
Muscle cooperating with another to produce a desired
movement.
Station #6
Draw and label the different types of body movements. (From book)
Movements
Drawings
Special Movements
Flexion
Dorsiflexion
Extension
Plantar flexion
Rotation
Inversion
Abduction
Eversion
Adduction
Supination
Circumduction
Pronation
Opposition
Drawings
Station #7
Labeling the following muscles.