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muscle, bone, and skin

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three types of muscle tissue   skeletal, cardiac, and smooth  
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four functions of muscle   body movement, stabilization of body position, movement of substances through the body, generating heat to maintain body temperature  
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characteristics of skeletal muscle   voluntary (consciously controlled), connects one bone to another, striated (composed of sarcomeres); multinucleate; don't generally undergo mitosis to create new muscle cells but grows by hypertrophy  
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characteristics of heart muscle   involuntary, striated, contains only 1 nucleus, and separated from its neighboring cells with intercalated disc; grows by hypertrophy  
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sarcomere   smallest functional unit of skeletal muscle, composed of many strands of thick and thin filaments, laid side by side to form myofibril  
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sarcoplasmic reticulum   specialized ER of the muscle cell that surrounds each myofibril; its lumen is filled with calcium ions  
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myosin   protein that makes up the thick filament  
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actin   globular protein that makes up the thin filament  
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1st stage of skeletal muscle contraction   tropomyosin covers an active site on acti preventing myosin from binding (it remains in cocked high energy position with phosphate and ADP group attached)  
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2nd stage of skeletal muscle contraction   in presence of Ca2+, troponin pulls tropomyosin back exposing the active site so myosin head can bind to actin  
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3rd stage of skeletal muscle contraction   myosin head expels phosphate and ADP and bends into low energy position while dragging actin along with it (power stroke) --> SARCOMERE SHORTENS -- MUSCLE CONTRACTION  
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4th stage of skeletal muscle contraction   ATP attaches to myosin head so myosin releases from active site (which is immediately covered by tropomyosin)  
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5th stage of skeletal muscle contraction   ATP splits into inorganic phosphate and ADP causing myosin head to cock into high energy position  
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muscle contraction begins with ____   action potential when neuron releases acetylcholine into synaptic cleft thereby activating ion channel in sarcolemna  
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t-tubules   small tunnels in muscle membrane that allow uniform contraction of muscle by allowing action potential to spread thru the muscle cell more rapidly  
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what happens to calcium at the end of 5 stage muscle contraction cycle?   actively pumped back into sarcoplasmic reticulum  
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motor unit   neuron and the muscle fibers that innervate it; independent of each other; usually smaller ones are recruited first, then larger; intricate movements have smaller motor units and those requiring greater force have large motor units  
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myoglobin   oxygen storing protein similar to hemoglobin but only has 1 protein subunit, found in type I or slow-twitch muscle fibers, make muscles have redder color  
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intercalated disc   contain gap junctions which allow action potential to spread from 1 cardiac cell to the next via electrical synapse  
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hypertrophy   increase in muscle cell diameter and change in muscle conformation  
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what is special about the action potential of cardiac muscle?   they exhibit plateau after depolarization (plateau from slow voltage-gated Ca2+ channels that allow Ca to enter and hold the inside of the membrane at (+) potential distance) which will lengthen the time of contraction  
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characteristics of smooth muscle   involuntary and innervated by autonomic nervous system, contain thick and thin filaments (not organized into sarcomeres), contain intermediate filaments attached to dense bodies  
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two types of smooth muscle   single unit and multi-unit  
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single unit smooth muscle   aka visceral, most common smooth muscle type, connected by gap junctions spreading the AP from single neuron thru a large group of cells so they act as a single unit, found in small arteries and veins, stomach, intestines, uterus and urinary bladder  
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multi-unit smooth muscle   attached directly to a neuron, a group of multiunit smooth muscle cells can contract independently, found in large arteries, bronchioles, pili muscles attached to hair follicles and the iris  
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what can cause smooth muscle to contract?   neural stimulus, hormones, changes in pH, O2, CO2, temperature, and ion concentrations  
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bone   living tissue which supports soft tissue, protects inner organs, assists in body movement, mineral storage, blood cell production, and energy storage (in the form of adipose)  
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osteoprogenitor   differentiate into osteoblasts  
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osteoblast   secrete collagen and organic cmpds upon which bone is formed, incapable of mitosis; release matrix materials to surround themselves and will differentiate into osteocytes  
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osteocytes   incapable of mitosis, exchange nutrients and waste materials with the blood  
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osteoclast   resorbs bone, releasing minerals back into the blood  
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typical long bone   epiphysis - metaphysis - diaphysis - metaphysis - epiphysis  
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spongy bone   contain red bone marrow, the site of hemopoiesis  
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compact bone   surrounds medullary cavity which holds the yellow bone marrow; highly organized; contains haversion system (osteons)  
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yellow bone marrow   storage of fat cells (adipose)  
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Haversion canals   tunnels in compact burrowed by osteoclasts then the osteoblasts lay down new matrix to form concentric rings (lamellae); contain blood and lymph vessels  
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canaliculi   how trapped osteocytes between lamallae exchange nutrients  
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volkmann's canals   crossing canals that connect the blood and lymph vessels of the Haversion canals  
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Ca2+ is stored in the body mostly in...   the bone matrix as hydroxyapatite  
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hydroxypatite   calcium phosphate hydroxyl containing compound that lies alongside collagen fibers to give bone greater compressive strength than the best reinforced concrete  
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what are the four types of bone?   long, short, flat, or irregular  
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cartilage   flexible resilient connective tissue composed primarily of collagen and has great tensile strength, contains no blood vessels, types include: hyaline, fibrocartilage, and elastic  
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three types of joints are..   fibrous (ex skull), cartilagenous (ex: btw ribs), and synovial (wide range of movement)  
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7 functions of skin   1. thermoregulation 2. protection 3. environmental sensory input 4. excretion 5. immunity 6. blood reservoir 7. vitamin D synthesis  
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epidermis   avascular epithelial tissue; consists of keratinocytes, melanocytes, langerhans cells, and merkel cells; have 5 layers w/ keritnocytes pushed to top  
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dermis   connective tissue derived from mesodermal cells; embedded by blood vessels, nerves, glands, and hair follicles; contains collagen and elastic fibers to provide strength, extensibility, and elasticity  
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subcutaneous layer of skin   under the dermis that is an important heat insulator (fat maintains normal core body temp while skin approaches temp of environment)  
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