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Muscles

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1. Contractility   the ability of skeletal muscle to shorten with force.  
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2. Excitability   the capacity of skeletal muscle to respond to a stimulus.  
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3. Extensibility   the ability to be stretched  
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4. Elasticity   ability to recoil to their original resting length after they have been stretched.  
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Muscles help to produce...   heat essential for maintenance of normal body temperature.  
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epimysium   1. Each skeletal muscle is surrounded by a connective tissue sheath  
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2. Fascia   is another connective tissue located outside the epimysium. It surrounds and separates muscles.  
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perimysium.   3. A muscle is composed of numerous visible bundles called muscle fasciculi (fascicle), which are surrounded by loose connective tissue  
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fibers   4. The fasciculi are composed of single muscle cells  
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endomysium.   6. Each fiber is surrounded by a connective tissue sheath  
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myofibrils   a threadlike structure that extends from one end of the fiber to the other.  
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a. actin myofilaments   thin myofilaments. They resemble 2 minute strands of pearls twisted together.  
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b. myosin myofilaments   thick myofilaments. They resemble bundles of minute golf clubs.  
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sarcomeres   9. Actin and myosin myofilaments form highly ordered units  
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I band   13. On each side of the Z line is a light area it consists of actin.  
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A band   extends the length of the myosin. It is the darker central region in each sarcomere.  
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Z line   is an attachment site for actin  
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resting membrane potential.   The charge difference across the  
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action potential.   The brief reversal back of the charge  
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1. Motor neurons   are nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers  
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neuromusclular junction, or....   synapse  
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Each branch that connects to the muscle forms....   neuromusclular junction  
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near the center of the cell   synapse  
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motor unit   3. A single motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates  
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presynaptic terminal   5. The enlarged nerve  
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the space between the presynaptic terminal and the muscle cell is the...   synaptic cleft  
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the muscle fiber is the   postsynaptic terminal  
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6. Each presynaptic terminal contains   synaptic vesicles  
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synaptic vesicles secrete a neurotransmitter called   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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sliding filament mechanism   2. The sliding of actin myofilaments past myosin myofilaments during contraction  
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The H and I bands shorten, but the A bands do not change   in length.  
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3. Muscle twitch   is a contraction of an entire muscle in response to a stimulus that causes the action potential in one or more muscle fibers.  
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4. A muscle fiber will not respond to stimulus until that stimulus reaches a level called   threshold  
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the muscle fiber will contract maximally. This phenomenon is called the   all-or-none response.  
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5. The time between application of a stimulus to a motor neuron and the beginning of a contraction is the   lag phase  
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6. The time of contraction is   contraction phase  
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7. The time during which the muscle relaxes is the   relaxation phase  
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8. If successive stimuli are given you get successive twitches that occur so frequently the muscle doesn’t have time to   fully relax.  
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9. Tetany   where the muscle remains contracted without relaxing  
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10. The increase in number of motor units being activated is called   recruitment.  
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is needed for energy for muscle contraction.   1. ATP (adenosine triphosphate)  
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is produced in the mitochondria   ATP  
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is short-lived and unstable   ATP  
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When at rest they can’t stockpile ATP but they can store another high-energy molecule, called   creatine phosphate.  
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6. Anaerobic respiration   without oxygen  
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7. Aerobic respiration   with oxygen (more efficient).  
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3. ATP is short-lived and unstable. It degenerates to the more stable   ADP (adenosine diphosphate) plus phosphate  
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4. It is necessary for muscle cells to constantly produce   ATP  
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oxygen debt   is 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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9. Muscle fatigue   results when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced in the muscle cells.  
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10. 2 types of muscle contractions:   a. isometric,b. isotonic  
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a. isometric (equal distance)   the length of the muscle does not change, but the amount of tension increases during the contraction process.  
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b. isotonic (equal tension)   the amount of tension produced by the muscle is constant during contraction, but the length of the muscle changes.  
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11. Muscle tone   Muscle tone refers to constant tension produced by muscles of the body for long periods of time  
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11. Muscle tone keeps   Keeps head up and back straight.  
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12. Fast-twitch fibers   contract quickly and fatigue quickly  
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Ex. white meat of a chicken’s breast.   12. Fast-twitch fibers  
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13. Slow-twitch fibers   contract more slowly and are more resistant to fatigue  
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. Ex. dark meat of a duck’s breast or the legs of a chicken   13. Slow-twitch fibers  
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1. The points of attachment of each muscle are   its origin and insertion  
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At these attachment points the muscle is connected to the bone   by a tendon.  
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2. The origin (head)   is the most stationary end of the muscle.  
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3. The insertion   is the end of the muscle undergoing the greatest movement.  
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4. The portion of the muscle between the origin and the insertion is the   belly.  
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6. Muscles that work together to accomplish specific movements are called   synergists.  
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7. Muscles that work in opposition to one another are called   antagonists.  
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8. Among a group of synergists, if one muscle plays the major role in accomplishing the desired movement, it is the   prime mover.  
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Some are named according to their   location, size, orientation of fibers, shape, origin, insertion, and function, etc.  
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Occipitofrontalis   raises the eyebrows  
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Orbicularis oculi   closes the eyelids and causes “crows feet” wrinkles in the skin at the lateral corners of the eye.  
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Orbicularis oris   puckers the lips  
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Buccinator   flattens the cheeks. Trumpeter’s muscle.  
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Zygomaticus   smiling muscle.  
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Levator labii superioris   sneering  
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