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anatomy

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Term
Definition
Excitability   muscle to respond to a stimulus  
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Extensibility   ability to be stretched  
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Elasticity   ability to recoil their original shape  
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Contractility   muscle to shorten with force  
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Epimysium   skeletal muscle is surrounded by a connective tissue  
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Fascia   connective tissue located outside the epimysium  
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Endomysium   each fiber is surrounded by a connective tissue sheath  
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Myofibrils   threadlike structure that extends from one end of the fiber to the other  
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Actin Myofilaments   thin myofilaments  
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Myosin Myofilaments   thick myofilaments  
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sarcomeres   joined end to end to form the myofibril  
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A Band   extends the length of the myosin  
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Resting Membrane Potential   the charge diffrence across the membrane  
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Action potential   The breif reversal back of charge  
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Motor Neurons   nerve cells that carry action potential to the skeletal muscle fibers  
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Neuromusclar junction   forms each branch that connects to the muscle  
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Synapse   near the center of the cell  
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Motor Unit   a single motor neuron and all skeletal muscle fibers  
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Presynaptic terminal   the 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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Synaptic vesicles   Presynaptic terminal contains  
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Acetylcholine   secretes a neurootransmitter  
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Sliding filament mechanism   the sliding of actin myofilaments past myosin myofilaments during contgraction  
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Thresold   A muscle fiber will not respond to stimulus until that stimulus reaches that level  
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All-or-None Response   A Phenomenon  
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Lag phase   the time between application of a stimulus to a motor neuron and beginning of a contraction  
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Contraction phase   the time of contraction  
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Relaxation Phase   the time during which the muscle relaxes  
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Tetany   where the muscle remains contracted without relaxing  
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Recruitment   the increase in number of motor units being activated  
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Creatine Phosphate   high energy molecule  
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Anaerobic Respiration   without oxygen  
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Aerobic Respiration   with oxygen  
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Oxygen Debt   the amount of oxygen needed in chemical reactions to convert lactic acid to glucose  
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Muscle Fatigue   result when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced  
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Isometric   equal distance  
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Isotonic   equal tension  
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Muscle tone   muscle tone refers to constant tension produced by muscles of the body for long periods of time  
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Fast twitch fibers   contract quickly and fatigue quickly  
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slow twitch fibers   contract more slowly and more resistant to fatigue  
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Origin   the most stationary end of the muscle  
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Insertion   is the end of the muscle undergoing the greatest movement  
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Belly   the portion of the muscle between the origin and insertion  
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Synergist   muscle that works together to accomplish specific movement  
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Antagonist   muscles that work in opposition to one another  
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Prime mover   one muscle playing the major role in accomplishing the desired movement  
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Occipitofrontalis   raises the eyebrows  
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Orbicularis oculi   closes the eyelids and causes wrinkles in the skin at lateral corners of the eye  
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Orbicularis oris   puckers the lips  
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Buccinator   flattens the cheeks.  
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Zygomaticus   smiling muscle  
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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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Intrinsic tongue muscle   change the shape of the tongue  
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Extrinsic tongue muscle   moves the tongue  
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Thoracic muscle   muscle that moves the thorax  
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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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Deltoid   attaches the humerus to the scapula and clavicle  
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Triceps brachii   extends the forearm  
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Biceps brachii   flexes the forearm occupies the anterior compartment of the arm  
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Brachialis   flexes the forearm  
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Brachioradialis   flexes and supinates the forearm  
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Flexor carpi   flexes the wrist  
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Extensor carpi   extends the wrist  
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Flexor digitorum   flexes the finger  
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Extensor digitorum   extends fingers  
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Gluteus maximas   buttocks  
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Quadriceps femoris   extends the leg and anterior thigh muscle  
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Sartorius   flexes the thigh  
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Hamstring   posterior thigh muscle flexes the leg and extends thigh  
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Gastrocnemius   forms the calf muscle  
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