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Study Stack 1
Study Stack 1 Physiology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| difference in electrical charge across their plasma membranes | membrane potential |
| are ion channels that open in response to chemicals produced by a sensory stimulus or by a chemical stimulus received from another neuron | ligand-gated channels |
| he ability to contract or shorten, allows muscle tissue to pull on bones and thus produce body move-ment | Contractility |
| bundles of very fine cytoskeletal fila-ments that extend lengthwise along a skeletal muscle fiber and al-most fill the sarcoplasm. | Myofibrils |
| increase in muscle size | hypertrophy |
| is a point of contact between bones | articulation |
| Strong cords of dense, white fibrous tissue at most synovial joints | Ligaments |
| decreases the angle between bones | Flexion |
| make up more than 90% of the epidermal cells and form the principal struc-tural element of the outer skin. | keratin |
| is a single layer of colum-nar cells. | stratum basale |
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