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contractility   the ability of skeletal muscles to shorten with force  
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excitability   the capacity of a skeletal muscle to respond to a stimulus  
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extensibilty   ability to be stretched  
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elasticity   ability to recoil to their original resting length after being stretched  
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epimysium   connective tissue sheath surrounding skeletal muscles  
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fascia   connective tissue located outside the epimysium  
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fasiculi   bundled cells that create the muscle  
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perimysium   loose connective tissue surrounding the fasiculi  
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fibers   makes up the fasiculi  
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endomysium   connective tissue sheath surrounding each fiber  
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myofibrils   threadlike structure that extends from one end of the fiber to the other  
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actin myofillaments   thin myofilaments resembling 2 minute strands of pearls  
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myosin myofilament   thick myofilaments resembling bundles of minute golf clubs  
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sarcomeres   unit formed by actin and myosin myofilaments  
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resting membrane potential   the charge difference between the inside and the outside of the cell 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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neuromuscular junction (synapse)   where the axon connects to the muscle  
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motor unit   single motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates  
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presynaptic terminal   enlarged nerve terminal  
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synaptic cleft   the space between the presynaptic terminal and the muscle cell  
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postsynaptic terminal   the muscle fiber  
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synaptic vessicles   secrete a neurotransmitter and is located in the presynaptic terminal  
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acetylcholine   the neurotransmitter  
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acetylcholinesterase   an enymatic breakdown  
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sliding filament mechanism   the sliding of actin myofilaments past myosin myofilaments  
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muscle twitch   contraction of an entire muscle  
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threshold   the level a muscle fiber can begin to react  
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lag phase   beginning of a muscle contraction  
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contraction phase   time of a contraction  
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relaxation phase   time 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 motor units being activated  
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creating phosphate   high-energy molecule  
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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  
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muscle fatigue   when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced  
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isometric   length does not change, but the amount of tension increases  
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isotonic   the tension produced by the muscle is constant but the length of the muscle changes  
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muscle tone   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  
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slow twitch fibers   contract slowly and more resistant to fatigue  
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origin   most stationary end of the muscle  
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insertion   end of the muscle undergoing the greatest movement  
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belly   portion of the muscle between the origin and insertion  
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synergists   muscles that work together  
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antagonists   muscles that work in opposition to eachother  
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prime mover   plays a major role in accomplishing the desired movement  
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frontalis   raises eyebrows  
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orbicularis oculi   blinks and closes eye  
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orbicularis oris   closes and protrudes lips  
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temporalis   closes jaw  
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zygomaticus   raises corner of the mouth  
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masseter   closes jaw  
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buccinator   compresses cheek  
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sternocleidomastoid   flexes neck and rotates head  
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platysma   pulls corner of the mouth  
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pectoralis major   adducts and flexes humerus  
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rectus abdominus   flexes vertebral column  
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external oblique   flexes and rotates vertebral column  
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biceps branchii   flexes elbow and supinates forearm  
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branchialis   flexes elbow  
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deltoid   abducts arm  
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lliopsoas   flexes hip  
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adductor muscles   adduct thigh  
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sartiorius   flexes thigh on hip  
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quadriceps group   all extend knee  
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tibialis anterior   dorsiflexes and inverts foot  
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extensor digitorium longus   extends toes and dorsiflexes foot  
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fibularis muscles   plantar flex and evert foot  
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gastrocnemius   two bellied muscles that form the ecalf  
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soleus   fleshy muscle deep in the gastrocnemius  
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trapezius   the most superficial muscles of the posterior neck and upper trunk  
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deltiod   fleshy triangle shaped muscles that form the rounded shape of the shoulders  
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