List three primary functions of muscles. Describe each function
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1. Muscles are responsible for movement. The types of movement are locomotion, propulsion of substances through tubes as in circulation and digestion, and changes in the size of openings as in the contraction and relaxation of the iris of the eye.
2. Muscles help to maintain posture through a continual partial contraction of skeletal muscles. This process is known as tonicity.
3. Muscles help to produce heat through the chemical changes involved in muscular action.
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Define the combining form or suffix in the spaces provided.
1. arth/o 2. carp/o 3. cost/o 4. lord/o 5. scoli/o 6. medull/o 7. myel/o 8. lumb/o 9. thorac/o 10. spondyl/o 11. fasci/o 12. myos/o 13. plant/o 14. tend/o 15. kinesi/o 16. fibr/o 17. my/o 18. synovi/o 19. orth/o 20. circum- 21. -tonia 22. -asthenia 23. -desis 24. -clasia 25. -listhesis ?
Damaged alveoli occurs with Crohn's disease
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The top three chronic health conditions among people age 65 and older are:
a. heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes. b. stroke, cancer, and asthma. c. arthritic symptoms, heart disease, and hypertension. d. diabetes, heart disease, and emphysema.
In aerobic performances lasting 3 to 20 minutes, which of the following factors do not contribute to performance?
A. Fiber type B. VO2 max C. Maximal cardiac output D. depletion of muscle glycogen