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Muscular system

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What are the functions of muscle tissue?   Body movement, heat production; Posture and support  
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Actin   Small, round proteins that form the backbone of the thin myofilaments  
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Myosin   Long proteins with globular heads; responsible for binding with the actin molecules and pulling the thin myofilaments closer together  
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Motor unit   One motor neuron and the muscle fibers that it innervates  
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Recruitment   Number of motor units activated to perform a given task  
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All-or-none law   Muscle fiber is stimulated by action potential from a nerve the entire fiber contracts  
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Muscle twitch   Single muscle contraction followed by relaxation of the muscle  
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Tetanus   Sustained muscle contraction  
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Muscle spasm   Tetanus  
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Isometric contraction   Muscle contracts but does not change length  
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Isotonic contraction   Muscle contracts and changes length  
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Concentric contraction   Muscle contracts and shortens  
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Eccentric contraction   Muscle contracts and lengthens  
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Agonist   Muscle responsible for movement  
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Prime mover   Agonist  
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Synergist   Assists in performing movement  
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Antagonist   Works against agonist  
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Tendon   Dense fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone  
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Aponeurosis   Broad, flat, thin tendon  
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Origin   More stationary attachment site  
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Insertion   More moveable attatchment site  
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Muscle must cross a   Joint  
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Ligamnets connect   Bone to bone  
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Tendons connect   muscle to bone  
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Bursae   Fluid filled sack  
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The way actin and myosin are situated gives a ____ appearance   Striated  
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Sacromere   Functional unit of muscle  
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Contractile unit   Sacromere  
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Atrophy   Muscle gets smaller  
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Hypertrophy   Muscle gets very big  
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Strength training   Putting demand on muscles  
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Endurance training   For the long haul  
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Aerobic training   Endurance training  
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Anaerobic   Without oxygen  
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Aerobic   With oxygen  
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Sliding filament theory   SLC  
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SLC step 1   Sodium sparks action potential (AP)  
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SLC step 2   AP comes down the motor neuron causing acetylcholine (ACh) to be released into the neuromuscular junction  
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SLC step 3   ACh reacts with the muscle fiber to create AP on the muscle fiber membrane  
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SLC step 4   AP sweeps down the muscle fiber membrane and into the transverse tubules (T-tubules)  
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SLC step 5   AP in the T-tubules causes the sarcoplasmic reticulum to release Ca2+ into the muscle filament (actin)  
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SLC step 6   Ca2+ binds to troponin causing the troponin molecule to change shape and pull the tropomyosin off of the myosin binding sites on the actin proteins  
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SLC step 7   Myosin heads bind to actin proteins  
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SLC step 8   Myosin head pulls thin filaments within the sarcomere closer together performing a "power stroke"  
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SLC step 9   ATP molecule binds to myosin head to release it from the actin protein  
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SLC step 10   Energy within the ATP molecule is used to "recock" the myosin head  
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SLC step 11   Steps 7-10 are repeated as long as there is AP from the motor neuron  
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Fast twitch fibers   White muscles, anaerobic, low blood supply, low endurance, non-postural  
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Slow twitch fibers   Red muscles, aerobic, high blood supply, high endurance, postural  
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