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Anatomy Ch. 8!:)

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Name and describe the three different layers of connective tissue in a muscle. Epimysium- Wraps the muscle Permysium- Warps the fascile Edomysium- thin layer wrapping each cell (fiber)
Myofibrils are composed primarily of two protein filaments called _ and _ Actin Myosin
a motor neuron and its associated muscle fibers motor unit
Name and describe the parts of neuromuscular junction. Motor neuron-transmits impulses from the centra lnervous system to an effector Motor end plate- specialized portion of muscle fiber memran at neuromuscular junction Neurotransmitters-Chemical that an axon end secretes on effector or neuron
transmits nerve messages across synapses acetylcholine
the enzyme that decompeses of stuff cholinesterase
bundles of muscular fibers are myofibril
the more active your musclees are, the more body heat they release true
network of membranous channels that surround and run parallel to the myfibrils sacroplasmic reticulm
thick protein filaments with the A-bands M-line
Protein filament that slides inward, toward the middle of a sarcomere, during a muscle contraction permysuim
conducts a muscle impulse deep into a sarcoplasm, to the cisternae transverse tubles
the segment of a myofibril between two Z-lines Sacromere
What cause muscles to appear striated? repeating units of sacromeres the light and dark
Neurotransmitters are stored in vesicles found in the... moror neuron axoms
Creatine phosphate serves to do what? supplies energry to regenerate ATP from ADP and phosphate
What chemical build-up causes muscle fatigue and muscle cramps? lactic acid
minmal strength required to cause a contraction threshold stimulus
it is the function of the ... in a muscles to supply energy for muscle fiber contractions mitochondria
fibers dont contract partially, they either do or dont. what is this? "all-or-none response"
a "partial, but sustained, contraction" descres muscle.. antinic contraction
The ... appearance of skeletal muscles results from the arrangemenet of sarcomeres. straited
Membranous channels that pass completely through a muscle fiber tuble
.... % of energy released by cellular respiration is available for use by metabolic processes-- the rest is lost as body heat. less than 50
A substance called a ... crosses the synaptic cleft and stimulates the muscle fiber to contract. Specifically, muscles use ... to stimulate contraction acetylcholine neurotransmitter
A .. can be described as cordlike and connection muscles to bones, while an .. would be described as a fibrous sheet of connective tissue connecting muscles to muscles. Fascia Aponuerses
What model explains how muscles contract? sliding-filament theory
the shrinkage of a muscle due to lack of use atrophy
What molecules pass in and out of the sarcoplasmic reticulum as a muscle fiber contracts and realeases? Cisternae
A bands are? I bands are? dark..light
What are three types of muscles? Which are voluntary? Which are striated? Skeletal-voluntary-striated Cardiac-involuntary-straited Smooth-involuntary-not straited
Where do you find the motor end plate? end of motor unit
more and more fibers contract as intensity of stimulus increases recruitment
Muscle fibers are mad of individual .... whcih are composed of .. and .. myofibrils actin myosin
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