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Muscles

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Term
Definition
1Contracttility   shorten with force  
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2Excitability   respond to stimulus  
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3Extensibilty   `stretch  
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4elasticity   ability to recoil  
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5epimysium   connective tissue sheath around a muscle  
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6Fascia   connective sheath outside the epimysium  
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7perimysium   surrounds fasciculi  
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8Fibers   muscle cell  
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9endomysium   surronds muscle fibers  
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10myofibrils   threadlike structure that extends from one end of a fiber to another  
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11actin myofilaments   thin myofilament, resemble two twisted stands of pearls  
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12myosin myofilaments   thick myofilament, bundles of golf clubs  
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13sacromere   when actin and myosin filaments form highly ordered units  
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14resting membrane potential   the charge difference across a membrane  
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15action potential   the brief reversal back of a charge  
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16motor neurons   nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers  
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17neuromusclular junction   branch made up of axons that connects to the muscle  
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18synapse   near the center of the cell  
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19motor unit   single motor neuron and all skeletal muscle fibers it innervates  
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20presynaptic terminal   enlarged nerve terminal  
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21synaptic cleft   space between presynaptic terminal and the muscle  
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22postsynaptic terminal   muscle fiber  
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23synaptic vesicles   in the presynaptic terminal and secretes a neurotransmitter  
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24acetylcholine   neurotransmitter secreted by synaptic vesicles  
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25acetylcholinesterase   breaks down acetylcholine  
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26sliding filament mechanism   sliding of actin myofilaments past myosin filaments during contraction  
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27muscle twitch   a contraction of the entire muscle in response to a stimulus, causes action potential in one or muscle fibers  
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28treshold   muscle fiber that wont respond until it has reached this  
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29all-or-none response   once it has reached the threshold this will happen  
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30lag phase   time between the application of the stimulus and the beginning of contraction  
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31contraction phase   time of contraction  
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32relaxation phase   time when the muscle relaxes  
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33tetany   when muscles remain contracted without relaxation  
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34recruitments   the increase number of motor units being activated  
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35ATP(adenosine triphosphate)   needed for muscle contraction produced in the mitochondria shortlived and unstable  
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36ADP (adenosine diphosphate)   more stable degenerated ATP  
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37Creatine Phosphate   stockpiled when ATP can't be stockpiled  
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38Anaerobic resperation   without oxygen  
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39Aerobic resperation   with oxygen  
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40oxygen debt   amount of oxygen needed to convert lactic acid into glucose and replenish depleted stores of creatine phosphate  
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41muscle fatigue   happens when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced  
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42isometric   equal distance  
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43isotonic   equal tension  
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44muscle tone   constant tension, head up or back straight  
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45fast twitch fibers   contract quickly and tire quickly  
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46slow twitch fibers   contract slowly and tire slowly  
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47origin   most stationary part of a muscle (head)  
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48insertion   end of muscle outgoing most movement  
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49belly   portion bewteen head and insertion  
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50origin insertion and belly   some muscles have multiple of these  
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51synergist   muscles that work together  
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52antagonist   muscles that work in opposition other muscles  
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53prime mover   muscle that plays the most important movement  
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54Muscles are sometimes named by   location, size, orientation of fibers, shape, origin, insertion and function  
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55Occipital frontalis   raises eyebrows  
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56orbicularis oculi   closes eyelids  
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57orbicularis oris   puckers lips  
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58buccinator   flattens cheeks  
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59zygomaticus   smile  
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60levator labii superioris   sneezing  
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60depressor anguli oris   frowning  
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61sternocleidomastoid   lateral neck muscle  
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62platysma   corner of lips down  
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63mastication   chewing  
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64extrensic muscle tongue   moves the tongue  
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65intrinsic muscles tongue   changes shape of tongue  
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66erector spinae   along side the vertebral column  
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67throatic extrensic intercostals   inspiration of fair  
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68throatic intrinsic intercostals   forced expiration of air  
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69diaphragm   dome shaped muscle  
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70muscle contraction causes what to shorten   sacromeres  
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71H and I Band   shorten during contraction  
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72A band   doesn't change size  
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73Tendon   muscle connected to bone  
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74linea alba   white line of connective tissue that extends from sternum to pubis  
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75external obligues   help to compress abdominal contents  
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76gluteus maximus   extends hip  
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