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Contractility   the ability of skeletal muscle to shorten with force  
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Excitability   the capacity of skeletal muscle to respond to a stimulus  
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Extensibility   the ability to be stretched  
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Elasticity   ability to recoil to their original resting length after they have been stretched  
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Epimysium   connective tissue sheath that surrounds skeletal muscle  
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Fascia   connective tissue located outside the epimysium  
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Perimysium   loose connective tissue that surrounds fasciculi  
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Four major functional characteristics of skeletal muscle   Contractility, Excitability, Extensibility, Elasticity  
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Muscle cells   muscle fibers  
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Bundle of muscles   muscle fasiciuli  
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Myofibrils   a threadlike structure that extends from one end of the fiber to the other  
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Actin myofilaments   thin myofilaments  
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Myosin myofilaments   thick myofilaments  
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Sarcomeres   actin and myosin myofilaments highly ordered units and are joined from end to end to form the myofilfibril  
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Resting membrane potential   the charge difference between the positively charge outside of most cell membranes and the negatively charged inside of most cell membranes  
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Action potential   when a muscle cell is stimulated the charge of the cell is briefly reversed  
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Motor neurons   nerve cells that carry sction motentials to skeletal muscle fibers  
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Neuromusclular junction or synapse   axons that enter the muscles and branch that connects the muscles near the center of the cell  
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Motor unit   a single motor neuron and all skeletal muscle fibers it innervates  
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Presynaptic terminal   enlarged nerve terminal  
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Synaptic cleft   space between the presynaptic terminal and the muscle cell  
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Synaptic vesicles   secretes a neurotransmitter called acetycholine  
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Acetycholine   a neurotransmittter secreted from the synaptic vesicles  
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Acetylcholinesterase   the acetylcholine released into the synaptic cleft between the neuron and muscle cell is rapidly broken down by enzymes  
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Sliding filament mechanism   the sliding of actin myofilaments past myosin myofilaments during contraction  
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Muscle twitch   a contraction of an entire muscle in response to a stimulus that causes the action potential in one or more muscle fibers  
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Threshold   a muscle fiber will not respond to stimulus until a stimulus reaches this level  
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Lag phase   the time between application of a stimulus to a motor neuron and the beginning of a contraction  
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Contraction phase   the time of contraction  
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Relaxation phase   the time during which the muscle relaxes  
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Tetany   where a muscle remains contracted without relax  
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Recruitment   an increase in the number of motor units being activated  
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Creatine phosphate   a high energy molecule that can be stored unlike ATP  
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Anaerobic respiration   without oxygen  
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Aerobic respiration   with oxygen  
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Oxygen debt   the amount of oxygen needed in chemical reactions to convert lactic acid to glucose and replenish the depleted stores of creatine phosphate in muscle cells  
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Muscle fatigue   results when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced in the muscle cells  
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Isometric   the length of the muscle does not change, but the amount of tension increases during the contraction process  
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two types of muscle contractions   isometric and isotonic  
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Isotonic   the amount of tension produced by the muscle is constant during contraction, but the length of the muscle changes  
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Muscle tone   refers to constant tension produced by muscles of the body for long periods of time  
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Fast-twitch fibers   contract quickly and fatigue quickly. well adapted to perform anaerobic metabolism  
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Slow-twitch fibers   contract more slowly and are more resistant to fatigue. better for aerobic metabolism  
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Origin   the most stationary end of a muscle  
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Insertion   the end of the muscle undergoing the greatest movement  
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Belly   the portion of the muscle in between the origin and the insertion  
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Synergists   muscles the work together to accomplish specific movements  
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Anatagonists   muscles that work in opposition to one another  
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Thoracic Muscles   muscles that move the thorax  
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Diaphragm   accomplishes quiet breathing  
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External intercostals   elevate the ribs during inspiration  
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Internal intercostals   contract during forced expiration  
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Erector spinae   group of muscles on each side of the back  
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Trapezius   rotates scapula  
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Serratus anterior   pulls scapula anteriorly  
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Pectoralis major   adducts and flexes the arm  
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Latissimus dorsi   rotates, adducts, and powerfully extends the arm  
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Deltoid   attaches the humerus to the scapula and clavicle, and is the major abductor of the upper limb  
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Triceps brachi   extends the forearm  
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Biceps brachii   flexes the forearm  
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Brachialis   flexes forearm  
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Brachioradialis   flexes and supinates the forearm  
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Retinaculum   strong band of fibrous connective tissue that covers the flexor and extensor tendons and holds them in place around the wrist so that they do not “bowstring” during muscle contraction.  
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Flexor carpi   flexes the wrist  
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Extensor carpi   extends the wrist  
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Flexor digitorum   flexes the fingers  
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Extensor digitorum   extends the fingers  
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Gluteus maximus   buttocks. Contributes most of the mass of the buttocks  
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Quadriceps femoris   extends the leg; anterior thigh muscles  
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Sartorius   flexes the thigh  
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Hamstring   posterior thigh muscles; flexes the leg and extends the thigh  
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Gastrocnemius and soleus   forms the calf muscle  
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calcaneal tendon (Achilles tendon)   flexs the foot and toes  
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Peroneus   the lateral muscles of the leg  
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Intrinsic foot muscles   20 muscles in the foot that flex extend, abduct, and adduct the toes  
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