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Eastham- Anatomy

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4 major functional characteristics of skeletal muscle   contractility, excitability, extensibility, elasticity  
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contractility   ability to shorten with force  
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excitability   ability to respond to a stimulus  
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extensibility   ability to be stretched  
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elasticity   ability to recoil to the original shape  
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muscles help to produce...   heat  
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epimysium   connective tissue sheath that surrounds skeletal muscle  
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fascia   surrounds and separates muscles, located outside of the epimysium  
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muscle fasciculi or fascicle   visible bundles that make a muscle  
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perimysium   surrounds muscle fasciculi/fasicle  
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fasciculi are composed of...   single muscle cells  
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single muscle cells   muscle fibers  
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muscle fiber   a cylindrical cell containing several nuclei  
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endomysium   surrounds each muscle fiber  
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myofibrils   fills the cytoplasm of each fiber, a threadlike structure that extends from one end of the fiber to the other  
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2 major kinds of protein fibers in myofibrils   actin myofilaments and myosin myofilaments  
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actin myofilaments   thin, resemble 2 minute strands of twisted pearls  
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myosin myofilaments   thick, resemble bundles of minute golf clubs  
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acftin and myosin myofilaments form...   highly ordered units called sarcomeres  
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sarcomere   joined end to end to form the myofibril, the basic structural and functional unity of the muscle  
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each sarcomere extends from....   one Z line to another Z line  
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attachment site for actin   Z line  
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each side of the Z line   light colored area called an I band, consists of actin  
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extends the length of the myosin and the darker central region in each sarcomere   A band  
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center of each sarcomere   another light colored area called the H zone, consists of only myosin  
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myosin myofilaments are anchored in the center of the sarcomere at a dark staining band called...   M line  
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outside of most cell membranes is...   positively charged  
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inside of the cell membrane is...   negatively charged  
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the charge difference across the membrane is...   the resting membrane potential  
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brief reversal back of the charge is...   action potential  
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nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers   motor neurons  
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axons enter...   the muscles and branch  
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each branch that connects to the muscle forms...   neuromuscular junction, or synapse near the center of the cell  
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single motor neuron and all skeletal muscle fibers it innervates   motor unit  
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many motor units form...   a single muscle  
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formed by an enlarged nerve terminal resting in an indentation of the muscle cell membrane   neuromuscular junction  
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presynaptic terminal   enlarged nerve terminal  
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synaptic cleft   space between the presynaptic terminal and the muscle cell  
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postsynaptic terminal   the muscle fiber  
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each presynaptic terminal contains...   synaptic vesicles  
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synaptic vesicles secrete a neurotransmitter called...   acetylcholine  
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the function of acetylcholine   it diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to the postsynaptic terminal causing a change in the postsynaptic cell  
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when an action potential reaches the nerve terminal, it causes...   the synaptic vesicles to release acetylcholine into the synaptic cleft by exocytosis  
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the acetylcholine diffuses across... and binds to... in the muscle cell membrane (sarcolemma)   the synaptic cleft, receptor molecules  
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combination of acetylcholine with its receptors causes...   an influx of sodium ions into the muscle fiber  
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influx causes an action potential in the muscle cell which causes...   the muscle to contract  
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enzymes that rapidly break down the acetylcholine released into the synaptic cleft between the neuron and muscle cell   acetylcholinesterase  
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occurs as actin and myosin myofilaments slide past one another causing the sarcomeres to shorten   muscle contraction  
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when sarcomeres shorten it causes the muscle to...   shorten  
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the sliding of actin myofilaments past myosin myofilaments during contraction is called...   sliding filament mechanism; the H and I bands shorten, but the A bands do not change in length  
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a contraction of an entire muscle in response to a stimulus that causes the action potential in one or more muscle fibers   muscle twitch  
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a muscle fiber will not respond to stimulus until that stimulus reaches a level called...   a threshold, at which point the muscle fiber will contract maximally  
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fibers responding to stimulus at the threshold level and contracting maximally is a phenomenon called...   all-or-none response  
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time between application of a stimulus to a motor neuron and the beginning of a contraction   lag phase  
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time of contraction   contraction phase  
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time during which the muscle relaxes   relaxation phase  
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when the muscle remains contracted without relaxing   tetany  
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the increase in number of motor units being activated   recruitment  
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needed for energy for muscle contraction   ATP (adenosine triphosphate)  
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produced in the mitochondria, short-lived, and unstable   ATP (adenosine triphosphate)  
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ATP degenerates to the more stable...   ADP (adenosine diphosphate) plus phosphate  
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when muscles rest, they can't stockpile ATP but they can store another high-energy molecule...   creatine phosphate  
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without oxygen   anaerobic respiration (weight-lifting, sprinting, jumping)  
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with oxygen (more efficient)   aerobic respiration (running, swimming, hiking, dancing)  
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the amount of oxygen needed in chemical reactions to convert lactic acid to glucose and to replenish the depleted stores to creatine phosphate stores in muscle cells...   oxygen debt  
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when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced in the muscle cells   muscle fatigue  
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2 types of muscle contractions   isometric and isotonic  
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equal distance contraction   isometric  
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equal tension contraction   isotonic  
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refers to constant tension produced by muscles of the body for long periods of time, keeps heads up and backs straight   muscle tone  
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contracts quickly and fatigues quickly (white meat)   fast-twitch fibers  
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contracts more slowly and are more resistant to fatigue (dark meat)   slow-twitch fibers  
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most stationary end of the muscle (head)   origin  
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end of the muscle undergoing the greatest movement   insertion  
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portion of muscle between origin and insertion   belly  
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muscles that work together   synergists  
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muscles that work in opposition   antagonists  
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one muscle playing the major role in accomplishing desired movement among a group of synergists   prime mover  
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muscle names are...   descriptive  
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muscles are named according to...   location, size, orientation of fibers, shape, origin, insertion, and function, etc.  
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