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Mr. Mathena Chapter 8 Muscles Quiz

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fascia   layers of fibrous connective tissue that separate an individual skeletal muscle from adjacent muscles and hold it in position  
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aponeuroses   a sheet of connective tissue by which certain muscles are attached to adjacent muscles  
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myofibrils   contractile fibers within muscle cells  
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myosin   a protein that, with actin, contracts and relaxes muscle fibers  
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actin   a protein that, with myosin, contracts muscle fibers  
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sarcomere   the segment of a myofibril from one Z line to the next Z line  
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sarcoplasmic reticulum   membranous network of channels and tubules within a muscle fiber corresponding to the endoplasmic reticulum of other cells  
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transverse tubules   membranous channel that extends inward from a muscle fiber membrane and passes through the fiber  
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motor neuron   a neuron that transmits impulses from the central nervous system to an effector  
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motor unit   a motor neuron and its associated muscle fibers  
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motor end plate   specialized portion of muscle fiber membrane at a neuromuscular junction  
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neuromuscular junction   point of contact between a nerve cell and muscle cell  
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neurotransmitter   chemical that an axon end secretes to stimulate a muscle fiber to contract or a neuron to fire an impulse  
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troponin and tropomyosin   proteins that are part of the actin filament  
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ATPase   enzyme that causes ATP molecules to release the energy stored in their terminal phosphate bonds  
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acetylcholine   a type of neurotransmitter, which is a biochemical secreted at axon ends of many neurons, transmits nerve messages across synapsis  
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acetylcholinesterase   an enzyme that catalyzes breakdown of acetylcholine  
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creatine phosphate   a muscle biochemical that stores energy  
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myoglobin   temporarily stores oxygen and reduces a muscle's requirement for a continuous blood supply during muscular contraction  
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oxygen debt   the amount of oxygen required after physical exercise to convert accumulated lactic acid to glucose  
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all-or-none response   phenomenon in which a muscle fiber completely contracts when it is exposed to a stimulus of threshold strength  
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summation   increased force of contraction by a skeletal muscle fiber when twitches occur so rapidly that the next twtich occurs before the previous twitch relaxes  
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recruitment   an increase in the number of motor units being activated  
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muscle tone   even when a muscle appears to be at rest, a certain amount of sustained contraction is occurring in its fibers  
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multiunit smooth muscle   the muscle fibers are separate rather than organized into sheets  
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visceral smooth muscle   composed of sheets of spindle-shaped cells in close contact with one another  
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peristalsis   rhythmic waves of muscular contraction in the walls of certain tubular organs; due to transmission of impulses from cell to cell and rhythmicity  
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origin   the immovable end of the muscle  
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insertion   movable end of muscle  
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prime mover (agonist)   muscle responsible for a particular body movement  
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antagonist   resist a prime movers action and cause the movement in the opposite direction  
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synergists   muscles that contract and assist the prime mover  
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