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Muscular System

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Definition
Aponeurosis   A fibrous, flattened, sheet-like tendon  
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Endomysium   The connective tissue that surrounds individual muscle fibers  
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Sustained Tetanic Contraction   Is the result of summation and recruitment together  
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Muscle Fatigue   Is the inability to contract after a period of sustained, strenuous exercise  
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Skeletal Muscle Fiber   Is an individual cell that contracts and shortens when stimulated  
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Gastrocnemius   Muscle that produces plantar flexion  
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Deltoid   The muscle that abducts the upper arm and can both flex and extend the humerus is the  
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Primary Extensors of The Upper Arm   Are the teres major and latissimus dorsi  
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Insertion of The Sternocleidomastoid   Mastoid process of the temporal bone  
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Semispinals,Splenius Capitis & Sternocleidomastoid   Are muscles that flex, extend, and rotate the head  
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Buccinator   The muscle that compresses the cheeks inward when it contracts  
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Muscles that are involved in chewing are attached to the   Mandible  
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Antagonistic Muscles   Perform functions opposite to those performed by the prime mover  
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Synergists   Muscles that assist the prime mover in producing a movement  
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Muscle tone refers to   refers to a state of sustained, partial contraction of muscles that is necessary to maintain posture  
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During High Intensity Exercise   muscle fibers rely upon anaerobic respiration  
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Acetylcholine is released   When a nerve impulse reaches the end of a motor neuron  
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ATPase is stored   In the globular portion of the myosin filament  
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Synaptic Vesicles   Is NOT a characteristic of the motor end plate on a muscle fiber  
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The Sarcomere   the basic unit of skeletal muscle extends from Z line to Z line  
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Skeletal Muscle Cells   Contain many nuclei and mitochondria  
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