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study guide chapter 6

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Term
Definition
contractility   ability of skeletal muscle to shorten with force  
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excitability   capacity of skeletal muscle to respond to a stimulus  
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extensibility   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 the skeletal muscle.  
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Fascia   another connective tissue located outside the epimysium that surrounds and separates muscles.  
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perimysium   loose connective tissue that surrounds fascicle  
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muscle fasciculi   numerous visible bundles that the muscles are composed of.  
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fibers   single muscle cells that the fasciculi are composed of.  
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endomysium   connective tissue sheath that surrounds fibers  
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myofibrils   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   basic structural and functional unity of the muscle  
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Z line   attachment site for actin  
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I band   light area on each side of the Z line that consists of actin  
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A band   extends the length of the myosin and is the darkest central region in each sarcomere.  
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H zone   light area in the center of each sarcomere  
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M line   dark staining band anchored in the center of the sacromere  
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resting membrane potential   change difference across the membrane  
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action potential   the brief reversal back of the charge  
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Motor neurons   nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers  
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axons   enter the muscles and branches  
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neuromusclular junction or synapse   each branch that connects to the muscle froms ____ near the center of the cell  
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motor unit   single motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates  
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single muscle   many motors unit form ___  
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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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postsynaptic terminal   muscle fiber  
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synaptic vesicles   secrete a neurotransmitter  
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acetylcholine   neurotransmitter that diffuses across synaptic cleft and binds to the postsynaotic terminal causing change in the postsynaptic cell.  
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acetylcholinesterase   enzymes that break down acetylcholine released into the synaptic cleft between the neuron and muscle cell  
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sliding filament mechanism   sliding of actin myofilaments past myosin myofilaments during contraction  
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muscle twitch   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   point in which the muscle fiber will contract mazimally  
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all-or-none response   phenomenon of threshold  
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lag phrase   time between applicatin of the stimulus to a motor neuron and the beginning of a contraction  
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`contraction phase   time of contraction  
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relaxation phase   time during which the muscle relaxes  
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tetany   where the muscle remains contracted without relaxing.  
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recruitment   increase in number of mototr units being activated  
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adenosine triphosphate (ATP)   needed for energy for muscle contraction  
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ATP   produced in the mitochondria, short-lived and unstable, it degenerates to the more stable ADP plus phosphate.  
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ADP   more stable enegry  
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Creatine phosphate   high-energy molecules that muscle cells can store  
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anaerobic respiration   without oxygen  
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aerobic respiration   with oxygen and is more efficient  
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oxygen debt   amount of oxygen needed in chemical reactions to convert lactic acid to glucose and to replenish the depleted stores of creatine phosphate stores 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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two types of muscle contractions   Isometric Isotonic  
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Isometric (equal distance)   length of the muscle does not change, but the amount of tension increases during the contraction process  
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Isotonic (equal tension)   the amount of tension produced by the muscle in 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. (Keeps head up and back straight)  
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fast-twithch fibers   Well adapted to perform anaerobic metabolism. contract quickly and fatigue guickly. (White meat of a chicken's breast)  
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slow-twitch fibers   contract more slowly and are more resistant to fatigue. They are better suited for aerobic metabolism (Dark meat of a duck's breat; legs of a chicken)  
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origin   the most stationary end of the muscle. (head)  
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insertion   end of the muscle undergoing the greatest movement  
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belly   portion of muscle between the origin and the indertionsynergists  
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synergists   muscles that work together to accomplish movements  
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antagonists   muscles that work in opposition to one another  
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prime mover   among a group of synergists, if one muscle plays the major role in accomplishing the desired movement, it is the _____  
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Muslces   named according to their location, size, orientation of fibers, shape, origin, insertion, and function, etc.  
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Muscles help what?   to produce heat essential for maintenance or normal body tempeature  
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What is each muscle fiber?   single cylindrical cell containing several tissue  
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Cytoplasm of each fiber is__   filled with myofibils  
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Myofibrils consist of ?   to major protein fibers -actin myofilaments -myosin myofilaments  
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Actin and Myosin myofilaments from what?   highly ordered units called sarcomeres  
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neuromusclular junction   formed by an enlarged nerve terminal resting in an indentation of the muscle cell membrane  
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muscle contraction   occurs as actin and myosin myofilaments slide past one another causing the sarcomeres to shorten  
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During sliding filament mechanism...   H and I bands shorten, but the A bands do not change in length  
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If successive stimuli are given...   you get successive twitches that occur so frequently the muscle does not have time to fully relax  
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during period of inactivity..   energy contained in ATP is used to synthesize creatine phosphate.  
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Points of attachment of each muscle   origin and insertion  
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two characteristics of skeletal Muscle   -Four Major Functional Characteristics -Structure  
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outside of most cell membranes is...   positively charged compared to the inside of the cell memeberane, which is negatively charged.  
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