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Muscles

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Ability to shorten with force   Contractility  
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Capacity to respond to a stimulus   Excitability  
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Ability to be stretched   Extensibility  
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Ability to recoil their original resting length after they have beem stretched   Elasticity  
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Skeletal muscle is surrounded by a connective tissue sheath   epimysium  
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Another connective tissue located outside the epimysium. Surrounds and separates muscles   Fascia  
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Surrounded by loose conective tissue   perimysium  
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Fasciculi are composed of single muscle cells   fibers  
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surrounded by a conective tissue sheath   endomysium  
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Thread like structure that extends from one end of the fiber to the other   Myofibrils  
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Thin myofilaments   Actin Myofilaments  
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Thick Myofilaments   Myosin Myofilaments  
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joined end to end to form the myofibril   sarcomeres  
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Charge difference across the membrane   resting membrane potential  
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Brief reversal back of the charge   action potential  
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Nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fiberz   Motor Neurons  
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Branch that conects to the muscle forms a ________ _______ or _______ near the center of the cell.   Neuromuscluar Function or Synapse  
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Single motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates   Motor Unit  
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Enlarged nerve terminal   Presynaptic Terminal  
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Space between the presynaptic terminal and the muscle cell   Synaptic Cleft  
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Muscle Fiber   Postsynaptic Terminal  
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Presynaptic Terminal contains   Synaptic Vesicles  
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Diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to the postsynaptiv terminal causing a change in the postsynaptic cell   Acetylcholine  
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Rapidly broken down by an enzymes   Acetylcholinesterase  
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Sliding of the actin myofliaments past myosin myofliaments during contraction   Sliding filament mechanism  
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Contraction of an entire muscle in response to a stimulus that causes the action potential in one or more muscle fibers   Muscle Twitch  
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Muscle fiber will not respond to stimulus until that stimulus reaches a level   Threshold  
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Pint the muscle fiber will contract maximally   All-or-none response  
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Time Between application of a stimulus to a motor neuron and the beginning of a contraction   Lag Phase  
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Time of contraction   Contraction Phase  
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Time durring which the muscle relaxes   Relaxation Phase  
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Where the muscle remains contracted without relaxing   Tetany  
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Increase in number of motor units being activated   recruitment  
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Atrest they can`t stockpile ATP but they can store another high energy molecule   Creatine phosphate  
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Without Oxygen   Anaerobic Respiration  
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With Oxygen   Aerobic Respiration  
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Amount of Oxygen needed in chemical reactions to convert lactic acid to glucose and to replemish the depleted stores of creatine phosphate stores in muscle cells   Oxygen Debt  
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Results when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced in the muscle cells   Muscle Fatigue  
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Equal Distance (Holding Ball)   Isometric  
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Equal Tension (Throwing Ball)   Isotonic  
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Keeps head up and Back straight   Muscle Tone  
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Contract quickly and fatigue quickly   Fast-Twitch Fibers  
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Contract more slowly and are more resistant to fatique   Slow-Twitch Fibers  
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(Head) Most stationary end of the muscle   Origin  
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End of the muscle undergoing the greatest movement   Insertion  
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Portion of the muscle between the origin and the insertion   Belly  
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Muscles that work together to accomplish specific movements   Synergists  
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Muscles that work in opposition to one another   Antagonists  
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Amomg a group of synerhists, if one muscle plays the major role in accomplishing the desired movement   Prime Mover  
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Raises the eyebrows   Occipitofrontalis  
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Closes eye lids   Orbicularis Oculi  
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Pucker`s the lips   Bicularis Oris  
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Flattens the cheeks "Trumpeter`s Muscle"   buccinator  
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Smiling muscle   Zygomaticus  
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Sneering   Levator labii superoris  
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Frowning   Depressor Anguli Oris  
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Chewing   Mastication  
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Cahnges shape of the tongue   Intrinsic Tongue Muscles  
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Moves the tongue   Extrinsic Tongue Muscles  
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Sternocleidomastiod (Lateral Neck; Prime Mover)-(Rotates & Extends the head)-(Twisted neck;wry neck)   Neck Muscles  
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Tendious area of the abdominal wall   Linea Alba  
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each side of the linea alba   Rectus Abdominis  
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inscriptions cross the rectus abdominis at three or more locations, causing the abdominal wall of a well-muscled person to appear segmented.   Tendinous Inscriptions  
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rotates scapula   Trapezius  
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pulls scapula anteriorly   Serratus Anterior  
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The arm is attached to the thorax   Pectoralis Major and Lastissimus dorsi muscles  
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adducts and flexes the arm   Pectoralis Major  
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– medially rotates, adducts, and powerfully extends the arm. “Swimmer muscles”   Lastissimus Dorsi  
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attaches the humerus to the scapula and clavicle, and is the major abductor of the upper limb.   Deltoid  
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extends the forearm. Occupies the posterior compartment of the arm.   Triceps brachii  
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flexes the forearm. Occupies the anterior compartment of the arm.   Biceps brachii  
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flexes forearm   Brachialis  
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flexes and supinates the forearm.   Brachioradialis  
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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.   Retinaculum (bracelet)  
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flexes the wrist.   Flexor carpi  
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extends the wrist   Extensor carpi  
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flexes the fingers   Flexor digitorum  
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extends the fingers.   Extensor digitorum  
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19 hand muscles, , located within the hand   intrinsic hand muscles  
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muscles, located between the metacarpals, are responsible for abduction and adduction of the fingers.   Interossi  
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buttocks. Contributes most of the mass of the buttocks   Gluteus maximus  
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hip muscle and common injection site.   Gluteus medius  
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extends the leg; anterior thigh muscles   Quadriceps femoris  
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“tailors muscle”; flexes the thigh   Sartorius  
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muscles – posterior thigh muscles; flexes the leg and extends the thigh.   Hamstring  
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form the calf muscle   Gastrocnemius and soleus  
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They join to form   calcaneal tendon (Achilles tendon). Flex the foot and toes.  
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The lateral muscles of the leg   peroneus  
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20 muscles located within the foot, muscles flex extend, abduct, and adduct the toes.   intrinsic foot  
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