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Mucles
Muscles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sarcomeres | actin and myosin myofilaments form highly ordered units |
| motor unit | a single motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates |
| presynaptic terminal | enlarged nerve terminal |
| synaptic cleft | space between the presynaptic terminal and the muscle cell |
| postsynaptic terminal | muscle fiber |
| synaptic vesicles | diffuses across the synaptic cleft |
| acetylcholine | neurotransmitter |
| resting membrane potential | charge difference across the membrane |
| motor neurons | nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers |
| acetylcholinesterase | enzyme |
| recruitment | increase in number of motor units being activated |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| ADP | adenosine diphosphate |
| tetany | muscle remains contracted without relaxing |
| lag phase | time between application of a stimulus to a motor neuron and beginning of contraction |
| contraction phase | time of contraction |
| relaxation phase | time during which the muscle relaxes |