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Skeletal Muscles

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Definition
Contractility   The ability to shorten with force  
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Excitability   Capacity to respond to a stimulus  
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Extensibility   Ability to be stretched  
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Elasticity   Recoil to their original resting length after they have been stretched  
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Skeletal muscle is surrounded by a connective tissue sheath called what?   Epimysium  
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Fascia   Another connective tissue that surrounds and separates muscles  
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Fasciculi   Numerous visible bundles  
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Fasciculi are surrounded by loose connective tissue called what?   Perimysium  
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Fasciculi are composed of single muscle cells called what?   Fibers  
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Each fiber is surrounded by a connective tissue sheath called what?   Endomysium  
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A threadlike structure that extends from one end of the fiber to the other?   Myofibrils  
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Myofibrils consist of 2 major kinds of protein fibers. What are they?   Actin & Myosin  
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Define actin.   Thin myofilaments. They resemble 2 minute strands od pearls twisted together.  
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Define myosin.   Thick myofilaments. They resemble bundles of minute golf clubs  
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Actin an myosin myofilaments form highly ordered units called what?   Sarcomeres  
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Basic structural and functional unity of the muscle   Sarcomere.  
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.... joined end to end to form the myofibril.   Sarcomeres.  
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Muscles help to produce what?   Heat essential for maintenance of normal body temperature.  
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Each side of the Z line is a light area called what and consists of what?   I Band, and consists of actin.  
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The A band extends the what of the myosin?   The length.  
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In the center of each sarcomere is another light area called what and consists of what?   H band zone, and consists of only myosin.  
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Myosin myofilaments are anchored in the center of the sarcomere at a dark staining band called what?   The M line  
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The charge difference across the membrane is called what?   Resting Membrane Potential  
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An attachment site for actin?   Z line  
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The brief reversal back of the charge is called what?   Action potential  
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Nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers?   Motor Neurons  
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Each branch that connects to the muscle forms a what near the center of the cell?   Neuromuscular junction, or synapse  
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A single motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates are called what?   Motor Unit  
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How is a neuromuscular junction formed?   By an enlarged nerve terminal resting in an indentation of the muscle cell membrane.  
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The enlarged terminal is called what?   Presynaptic 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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Each presynaptic terminal contains synaptic vesicles that secrete a neurotransmitter called what?   Acetylcholine  
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The acetylcholine released into the synaptic cleft between the neuron and muscle cell is rapidly broken down by an enzymes   Acetylcholinesterase  
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Muscle contractions   Occurs as actin and myosin myofilaments slide past one another causing the sarcomeres to shorten  
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Sliding Filament Mechanism   The sliding of actin myofilaments past myosin myofilaments during contraction  
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A 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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A muscle fiber will not respond to stimulus until that stimulus reaches a level called what?   Threshold  
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The phenomenon   All-or-none response  
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Lag phase   The time between application of a stimulus to a motor neuron and the beginning of a contraction  
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Time of contraction   Contraction phase  
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The time during which the muscle relaxes   Relaxation phase  
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Tetany   Where the muscle remains contracted without relaxing  
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The increase in number of motor units being activated   Recruitment  
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Name 3 things about ATP   1.) It's needed for energy for muscle contraction 2.) It's produced in the mitochondria 3.) It's short-lived and unstable  
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High-energy molecule   Creatine Phosphate  
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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 to convert lactic acid to glucose and to replenish the depleted stores of creatine phosphate stores in muscle cells  
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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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2 types of muscle contractions?   1.) Isometric 2.) Isotonic  
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Isometric   The length of the muscle does not change, but the amount of tension increases during the contraction process  
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Isotonic   The amount of tension produced by the muscle is 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   Muscle tone  
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Contracts quickly and fatigue quickly; well adapted to perform anaerobic metabolism   Fast-twitch fibers  
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Contract more slowly and are more resistant to fatigue; they are better suited for aerobic metabolism   Slow-twitch fibers  
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The most stationary end of the muscle   Origin (head)  
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The end of the muscle undergoing the greatest movement   Insertion  
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The portion of the muscle between the origin and the insertion   Belly  
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Synergists   Muscles that work together to accomplish specific movements  
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Antagonists   Muscles that work in opposition to one another  
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Among a group of synergists, if one muscle plays the major role in accomplishing the desired movement, it is the what?   Prime Mover  
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Occipitofrontalis   Raises Eyebrows  
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Orbicularis Oculi   Closes Eyelid (Crows Feet)  
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Orbicularis Oris   Puckers the Lips  
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Buccinator   Flattens the Cheeks  
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Zygomaticus   Smiling  
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Levator Labii Superioris   Sneering  
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Depressor Anguli Oris   Frowning  
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Mastication   Chewing  
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2 tongue muscles   1.) Extrinsic 2.) Intrinsic  
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Extrinsic   Moves the tongue  
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Intrinsic   Changes the shape of the tongue  
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2 Mastication muscles   Masseter and Temporalis  
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2 Kissing Muscles   Buccinator and Orbicularis Oris  
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