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Anatomy

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Contractility   The ability of skeletal muscle to shorten with force.  
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Excitability   The capacity of skeletal muscle to respond to a stimilus.  
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Extensibility   The ability to be strected.  
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Elasticity   The ability to recoil to their original resting length after they have been stretched.  
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Epimysium   A connective tissue sheath upon the skeletal.  
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Fascia   Connective tissue located outside the epimysium.  
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Muscle Fasciculi   Composed of numerous visible bundles.  
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Perimysium   Loose connective tissue.  
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Fibers   The fasciculi are composed single muscle cells.  
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Myofibrils   A threadlike structure tha extends from one end of the fiber to the other.  
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Four major functional Characteristics   contractility, excitability, extensibility, and elasticity.  
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Myofibers consist of 2 major kinds of protein fibers   actin myofilaments and myosin myofilaments  
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Actin myofilaments   thin myofilaments; resemble 2 minute strands of pearls twisted together.  
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Myosin myofilaments   thick myofilaments; resemble bundles of minute golf clubs  
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Sarcomeres   Actin and myosin myofilaments form highly ordered units  
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Sacomere   is the basic structural and functional unity of the muscle  
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Resting membrane potential   charge difference across the membrane  
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Action potential   brief reversal back of the charge  
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Motor neurons   nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers  
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Neuromusclular junction   branch that connects to the muscle near the center of the cells  
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Synapse   neuromusclular junction  
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Motor Unit   single motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it inntervates  
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Presynaptic terminal   enlarged nerve terminal  
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Synaptic cleft   the space between the presynaptic terminal and the muscle cell  
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Postsynaptic terminal   muscle fibers  
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Each presynaptic terminal contains   synaptic vesicles  
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neurotansmitter   acetylcholine  
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Muscle twitch   a contraction of an entire muscle in response to a stimulus that causes that action potential in one or more muscle fibers.  
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A muscle fiber will not respond to stimulus until that stimulus reaches this level   threshold  
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tetany   where the muscle remains contracted without relaxing  
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ATP   adenosine triphosphate  
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ADP   adenosine diphosphate  
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Isometric   equal distance; the length of muscle does not change  
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Isontonic   equal tension; the amount of tenison is constant during contraction  
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Fast-twitch fibers   contract and fatigue quickly  
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Slow-twitch fibers   contract more slowly and are more resistant to fatigue  
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Orgin   head of muscle  
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Insertion   undergoing the greatest movement  
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Belly   between the orgin and the insertion  
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How are muscles named?   location, size, orientation of fibers, shape, origin, insertion,and function  
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Synergists   work together to accomplish specific movements  
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Antagonists   muscles that work againist one another  
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Sternocleidomastoid   moving neck  
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Frontalis   raises the eyebrows  
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Orbicularis Oculi   closes the eyelid  
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Orbicularis Oris   puckers the lips  
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Buccinator   flattens the checks  
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zygomatious   smiling :)  
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Levator labii superioris   sneering  
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Depressor anguli oris   frowning :(  
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mastication   chewing  
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extrinsic tongue muscle   moves tongue  
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Intrinsic tongue muscle   changes shape  
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Erector spinae   muscles on each side of the back; responible for keeping straight and body erect  
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External intercostals   elevate the ribs during inspiration  
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Internal intercostals   contract during forced expiration  
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Diaphragm   quiet breathing  
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Trapezius   rotates scapula  
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Serratus anterior   pulls scapula anteriorly  
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Pectoralis major   adducts and flexes the arm  
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Latissimus dorsi   medially rotates, adducts, and powerfully extends the arm  
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Deltoid   attaches the humerus to the scapula and clavicle  
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Triceps brachii   extends forearm  
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Biceps brachii   flexes the forearm  
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Brachioradialis   flexes and supinates the forearm  
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Flextor carpi   flexes the wrist  
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Flexor digitorum   flexes the fingers  
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Extensor carpi   extends the wrist  
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Flexor digitorum   flexes the fingers  
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Extensor digitorum   extends the fingers  
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Glueteus maximus   buttocks  
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Gluteus medius   hip muscle  
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Quadriceps femoris   extends leg; thigh muscle  
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Satorius   flexes thigh  
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Hamstring   posterior thigh muscle; flexes the leg and extends the thigh  
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Gastrocenmius and soleus   form the calf muscle  
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Calcaneal tendon (Achilles tendon)   flexes the foot and toes  
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