Using articles or the Internet, research about muscles. Based on your research and understanding, respond to the following:
- Evaluate how the name of a muscle can distinguish its location, action, shape, and function. Select five different muscles to make this distinction.
- Examine the principal axial muscles of the body and distinguish their origins, insertions, actions, and innervations.
- Examine the principal appendicular muscles of the body and distinguish their origins, insertions, actions, and innervations.
- Evaluate the major muscle groups of the upper and lower limbs and relate their similarities and differences to their function.
- Briefly identify, list, and describe the action of at least two of the following muscle types:superficial (i.e., two anterior and two posterior) muscles, head and neck, anterolateral neck and throat, thorax and shoulder, abdominal wall
- Briefly identify and list antagonists of the major prime movers associated with each muscle described above.
Bonus Questions
Using articles or the Internet, research organic chemistry and its differences from other branches of chemistry, such as inorganic or physical chemistry. Based on your research, respond to the following:
- What are the differences between alkanes, alkenes and alkynes?
- What are the differences between cis- and trans-isomers of alkenes?
- How are cistrans isomers used for night vision?
Discussion Question 2
Using articles or the Internet, research haloalkanes. Based on your research, respond to the following:
- What is a haloalkane? Identify one of them.
- How does the haloalkane you identified function as an anesthetic? Describe in detail.
