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STUDY REVIEW
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tendon | Strong cord of fibrous connective tissue; extends from the muscle to the bone |
| Skeletal Muscle | attached to bones, voluntary control, striated and multinuclueated |
| Cardiac Muscle | found in heart, involuntary control, striated and single nucleus |
| Smooth Muscle | found in viscera, involuntary control, consist of thorax and abdomen, nonstriated and single nucleus |
| Sarcomere | Unit of muscle contraction |
| Sarcoplasmic Reticulum | Network of tubes and sacs; specialized ER |
| Actin | Thin myofilaments |
| Myosin | Thick myofilaments |
| Troponin | a protein that's released into the bloodstream during a heart attack |
| Tropomyosin | a protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together in the thin filaments of muscle tissue. |
| Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) | The primary energy reserve in muscle tissue |