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Which hypertonic muscle might result in rotation of the ilium causing a functional short leg?
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quadratus lumbarum
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What is a hypertonic muscle?
A muscle that is tensed and contracted is hypertonic, while excessively loose muscles are hypotonic.
When applying acute pressure with deep strokes A hypertonic muscle will?
When applying acute pressure with deep strokes, a hypertonic muscle will release.
Use hypertonic in a science sentence?
To be hypertonic means to be extremely tense. An example sentence would be: His calf muscle was hypertonic after the marathon.
When applying acute pressure with deep strokes to a hypertonic muscle what will happen?
Release
The infraspinatus muscle is a muscle that moves the?
lateral rotation of humerus (upper arm)
What is the functional unit of a muscle called?
Sarcomere
What is the functional unit of muscle?
sarcomeres
What is the type of muscle movement that involved with the sternocliedomastoid muscle?
flexion and lateral rotation of the neck
Do smooth or skeletal muscle form a functional syncytium?
visceral smooth muscles cells function together as ONE (functional syncytium) multiunit smooth muscle act independently.
What is a functional syncytium?
Cardiac muscle cells are mechanically, chemically, and electrically connected to one another, thus, the entire tissue resembles a single, enormous muscle cell. For this reason, cardiac muscle has been called a functional syncytium. This is also true of smooth muscle.
The structural and functional unit of skeleton muscle is called?
sarcomere
What is a muscle that rotates the upper arm?
There is not a single muscle that rotates the upper arm. The name of the muscle that contributes in rotation of the upper arm is deltoid muscle.
