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Chapter 6 muscles

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Term
Definition
Contractility   the ability of a skeletal muscle to shorten with force  
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Excitability   the capacity of a skeletal muscle to respond to stimulus  
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Extensibility   the ability to be stretched  
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Elasticity   the ability to recoil to original shape after being stretched  
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Fascia   outermost layer of muscles, separates muscles from each other  
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Epimysium   connective tissue sheath around outside of a muscle  
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Perimysium   surrounds fasicles  
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Endomysium   surrounds muscle fibers  
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myofibrils   threadlike structure that extends from one end of the fiber to the other  
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Actin   thin, resemble pearls, light band  
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Myosin   thick, resemble golf clubs, dark band  
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Myofilaments   Actin, Myosin  
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Sarcomere   organization of myofilaments from Zline to Zline  
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Resting membrane potential   charge difference across a cell membrane  
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action potential   brief reversal back of charge when a muscle is stimulated  
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Motor neurons   nerve cells that carry action potentials to muscle fibers  
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nueromuscular junction   (synapse)Where a nerve cell branches into a muscle  
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motor unit   a motor nueron and all the muscle fibers it innervates  
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presynaptic terminal   enlarged nerve terminal  
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postsynaptic terminal   muscle fiber below presynaptic terminal  
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synaptic cleft   space between presynaptic terminal and muscle fiber  
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acetylcholine   nuerotransmitter secreted by synaptic vesicles  
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acetylcholinesteracse   enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine  
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sliding filament mechanism   sliding of actin myofilaments past myosin myofilaments  
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muscle twitch   contraction of an entire muscle in response to stimuli  
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threshold   level of stimulus in which muscles will contract  
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all-or-none response   maximal contraction of a muscle  
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lag phase   time lapse between application of a stimulus and beginning of a contraction  
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contraction phase   time of contraction  
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relaxation phase   time when a muscle relaxes  
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tetany   muscle remains contracted without relaxing  
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recruitment   increase in number of motor units being activated  
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ATP   adenosine triphosphate  
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ADP   adenosine diphosphate  
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creatine phosphate   can be stockpiled when a muscle is at rest  
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anaerobic respiration   without oxygen  
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aerobic respiration   with oxygen  
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oxygen debt   amount of oxygen needed to convert lactic acid to glucose and replenish depleted stores of creatine phosphate in muscle fibers  
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muscle fatigue   tiredness of muscles, results when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced  
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isometric   length of muscle doesn't change, tension increases  
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isotonic   amount of tension doesn't change, length changes  
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muscle tone   constant tension produced by muscles for long periods of time  
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fast-twitch   contract quickly and fatigue quickly  
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slow-twitch   contract slowly and fatigue slowly  
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origin   stationary end of a muscle  
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insertion   end of muscle undergoing greatest movement  
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belly   portion of muscle between origin and insertion  
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synergists   muscles that work together to accomplish movements  
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antagonists   muscles that work against each other to create movement  
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prime mover   one muscle playing a major role in a group of synergists  
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trunk muscles   muscles that move the vertebral column  
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thoracic muscles   muscles that move the thorax  
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abdominal wall muscles   The muscles of the anterior abdominal wall flex and rotate the vertebral column, compress the abdominal cavity, and hold in the abdominal viscera.  
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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   medially rotates, adducts, and powerfully extends the arm. “Swimmer muscles”  
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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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hamstrings   posterior thigh muscles  
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linea alba   tendinous area of the abdominal wall  
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rectus abdominis   On each side of the linea alba  
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Tendinous inscriptions   cross the rectus abdominis at three or more locations, causing the abdominal wall of a well-muscled person to appear segmented.  
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frontalis   raises eyebrows  
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orbicularis oculi   closes eyelids  
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buccinator   flattens cheek  
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zygomaticus   smiling muscles  
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lavator labil superovis   sneering  
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depressor anguli oris   frowning  
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mastication   chewing  
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mastication muscles   temporalis, masseter  
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tongue muscles   intrinsic, extrinsic  
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neck muscles   sternocleidomastoid, prime mover rotates the head  
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kissing muscles   orbicularis oris, buccinator  
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triceps brachii   extends the forearm  
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biceps brachii   flexes the forearm  
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