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Muscles

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_______ soft flexible conn tissue needed for flexibility and firmness   cartilage  
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___ is dense and composed of haversian system ( osteons)   Compact bone  
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____ contain spiracles of yellow and red marrow   Spongy bone  
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___ builds bone   osteoBlast  
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______ destroys bone, bone resorption   osteoclast  
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_______ ______ cartilage replace by bone   endochondral ossification  
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_____ immovable joints   sutures  
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___ join bone to bone   ligament  
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___ join muscle to bone   tendon  
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muscle cell aka   fiber  
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______ membrane around individual muscle cell   endomysium  
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membrane around the bundle of muscle cell   perimysium  
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membrane around the muscle organ/ belly gaster   epimysium  
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_______ bundles of filaments in the muscle fiber   myofibril  
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Myofibrils contain contractile units   sarcomeres  
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sarcomeres have _____ thin filaments and ___ are the thick filament   actin, myosin  
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A band   dArk band, where thick and thin overlap is darkest  
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I band   lIght band, only thin filament  
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H zone   has only thick filaments, is the middle of A band  
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during contraction only _____ are reduced   H zone and I bands  
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neuromuscular junction   b/t nerve terminal and sarcolemma/ muscle fiber  
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________ released at neuromusc junction   Ach, acetylcholine  
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hows contraction initiated in a muscle   - nerve signal open Ca channels in synaptic bulb - ACh release in synaptic cleft -Ach binds to receptors on sarcolemma -surge of Na in and K out - voltage gate open cuzing action potential - sarcoplasmic reti release Ca -Ca causes contaction of sar  
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all or none respose   stimuls must be at threshold value to elicit a contraction  
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simple twitch   response of a single muscle fiber to a stimulus above threshold  
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tetanus   stong and prolonged contraction in response to frequent stimuli  
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smooth muscles perform   involuntary actions  
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smooth muscles controlled by   Autonomic nervous system  
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smooth muscle characteristics   1 nucleus no striations  
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cardiac muscle are   striated 1 or 2 nuclei  
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_____ maintains oxygen supply in muscles, has high affinity to Oxygen   myoglobin  
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