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General function of muscles
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Movement, hold body erect, generate heat
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Skeletal muscle
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Voluntary, move bones directly or indirectly, striated muscle
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Smooth muscle
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Involuntary, visceral muscle, found in the walls of hollow organs
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Cardiac muscle
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Involuntary, myocardium, makes up walls of heart
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Involuntary muscles
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Under control of subconscious regions of brain
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Voluntary muscles
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Person consciously chooses which muscle to contract
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Fascia
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Layers of fibrous connective tissue
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Motor neurons
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Stimulate skeletal muscles
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Myoneural junction
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Point at which the motor nerve contacts a muscle fiber
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Striated muscle
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Striped appearance seen under a microscope
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Tendon
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Attaches muscle to bone, inserts into periosteum
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Eversion
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Turning outward
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Inversion
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Turning inward
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Elevation
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Raise a body part, shrugging shoulders
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Depression
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Downward movement as in drooping shoulders
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