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Annalisa Arellano
Physiology Weeks 1-6
| Synchondrosis | The joint during the growth years between the epiphyses of a long bone and its diaphysis |
| Sliding Filament Theory | Actin moves past myosin |
| Hypertrophy | Increase in muscle size |
| Pelvic brim | Imaginary plane where a baby passes through. |
| Sarcomere | The contractile unit of a muscle cell |
| Three phases of the twitch contraction | Latent period, contraction phase, relaxation phase |
| Isometric contraction | A contraction in which muscle length remains the same but muscle tension increases |
| Threshold stimulus | The minimal level of stimulation required to cause a fiber to contract |
| Extensibility | The muscle's ability to stretch or extend and to return to its resting length |
| Two types/functions of bone marrow | Red - produces red blood cels Yellow - stores energy as fat |
| Age range where bone loss will begin to exceed bone gain | 35-40 years |