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muscle chapter

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The ability to be stretched   Extensibility  
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occipitofrontalis   raises eyebrows  
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The ability of skeletal muscle to be shortened with force.   contractibility  
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The capacity of skeletal muscle to respond to a stimulus.   excitablity  
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ability to recoil to their original resting length after they have been stretched.   elasticity  
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epimysium   each skeletal muscles is surrounded by connective tissue sheath  
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zygomaticus   smiling muscle  
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the most stationary end of the muscle   origin or head  
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nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers   motor neurons  
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a single motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates.   motor unit  
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what is ATP?   adenosine triosphate  
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buttocks   gluteus maximus  
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hip muscle commmonly called the buttox   gluteus medius  
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muscles that work together are?   synergists  
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levator labii superioris   sneering  
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platysma   pulls corners of lips downward  
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thin myofilaments   actin myofilaments  
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thick myofilaments   myosin myofilaments  
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where the muscle remains contracted without relaxing   tetany  
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forehead   frontalis  
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when the limb movs toward the body midline.   adduction  
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movement of the bone around its longitudinal axis   rotation  
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moving the limb away from the midline   abduction  
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what are the three types of muscle tissue   skeletal, cardiac, and smooth  
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what is the end of the muscle undergoing the greatest movement   insertion  
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what is the muscle that plays the major roll in accomplishing the desired movement   prime mover  
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what closes the eyelid   orbicularis oculi  
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what is the buccinator   flattens the cheeks  
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what is the depressor anguli oris   sneering muscle  
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orbicularis oris   puckers the lips  
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what is the stynocleidomastoid   lateral neck muscle  
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what are the two kissing muscles   obicularis oris and buccinator  
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chewing   mastication  
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what are two characteristics of the cardiac muscle   involtentary and not straited  
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what is a muscle fiber   endomysium  
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what is a time of contraction   contraction phase  
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when does aerobic exercise take place   in the prsence of oxygen  
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when does anerobic exercise take place   in the absence of oxygen  
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what are the two types of muscle contractions   isometric and isotonic  
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what are two types of fibers   fast twitch and slow twitch  
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muscle fibers are resistant to fatigue   slow twitch  
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muscles that work opposite of each other   antagonist  
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the point where the muscle fiber will contract maximally   threshhold  
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each fiber is surrounded by a connective tissue sheath called what?   endomysium  
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the increase in the number of motor units being activated   recruitment  
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what is the brief reversal back of the charge   action potential  
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what iss produced in the mitochondria   ATP  
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what is short lived and unstable   ATP  
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what results when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced   muscle fatigue  
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what is the portion of the muscle between the origion and the insertion   belly  
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what is the constant tension produced by muscles of the body for long periods of time   muscle tone  
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what contracts quickly and fatigue quickly   fast-twitch fibers  
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contracts slow   slow- twitch fibers  
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the length of the muscle will not change but the amount of tension increases   isometric  
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the amount of tension produced by the muscle is constant during contraction   isotonic  
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the amount of oxygen needed in chemical reactions to covert lactic acid   oxygen debt  
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without oxygen   anaerobic respiration  
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with oxygen   aerobic respiration  
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when muscles rest and they cant stockpile ATP but they can store another high energy molecule   creatine phosphate  
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what is packaged into the organs   skeletal muscle fibers  
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what is found in only one place in the body which is the heart   cardiac muscle  
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deltoid   abducts humerus  
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calcaneal tendon   achilles tendon  
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triceps   arm muscle  
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trapezius   extends neck and adducts scapula  
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erector spinae   extends back  
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latissimus dorsi   extends and adducts humerus  
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soleus   arises on the tibia  
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gastronemius   forms the curved calf on the posterior leg  
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extensor digitorium   arises from the lateral tibialis  
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sartorius   compared to other thigh muscles described here, the thin, straplike sartorius  
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sternocleidomastoid   muscles are two-headed muscles, one found on each side of the neck  
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when the fascicals arranged in conconcentric   circular  
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fascicles converge toward a single insertion tendon   convergant  
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the length of the fascicles run parallel to the long axis of the muscle   parallel  
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short fasciclas attach obliquely to the central tendon   pennate  
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