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Chapter 6- Muscles

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Four major functional characteristics   Contractility, excitability, extensibility, elasticity  
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Elasticity   Ability to recoil to their original resting length after being stretched  
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Extensibility   The ability to be stretched  
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Excitability   The capacity of skeletal muscle to respond to a stimulus  
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Contractility   The ability of skeletal muscle to shorten with force  
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Epimysium   Surrounds each skeletal muscle  
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Muscles help to produce what essential for maintenance of normal body temperature?   Heat  
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Fascia   Located outside of the emimysium and surrounds and seperates muscles  
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Perimysium   Surrounds the muscle fascicles, loose connective tissue  
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The fasciculi (fascicles) are composed of single muscle cells called what?   Fibers  
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Endomysium   Each fiber that is surrounded by connective tissue  
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The cytoplasm of each fiber is filled with ________.   myofibrils  
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What is a myofibril?   A threadlike structure that extends from one end of the fiber to the other.  
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Myofibrils consist of what 2 major kinds of protein fibers?   Actin and myosin myofilaments  
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Actin myofilaments   Thin, resemble 2 minute strands of pearls twisted together  
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Myosin myofilaments   Thick, resemble bundles of mini golf clubs  
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True/False: Actin myofilaments are thick   False  
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True/False: Myosin myofilaments are thick   True  
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Actin and myosin myofilaments form highly ordered units called _________.   Sarcomeres  
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Sarcomeres   Joined end to end to form the myofibril  
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Where does each sarcomere extend to?   From one Z line to another Z line  
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Each Z line is an attachment site for what?   Actin  
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On each side of the Z line is a light area called what?   I band  
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What does the I band consist of?   Actin  
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The A band extends the length of the _______.   Myosin  
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True or False: The A band is the darker central region in each sarcomere   True  
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In the center of each sarcomere is another area called the what?   H zone  
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Is the H zone light or dark?   Light  
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What does the H zone only consist of?   Myosin  
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Where is the M line located?   The Myosin myofilaments are anchored in the center of the sarcomere  
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Is the M line light or dark?   Dark  
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What is the charge difference across the membrane?   Resting membrane potential  
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What are Motor Neurons?   Nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers  
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Each branch that connects to the muscle forms a what?   neuromuscular junction  
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Motor unit   A single motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates  
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Presynaptic terminal   The enlarged nerve terminal  
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What is the space between the presynaptic terminal and the muscle cell?   Synaptic cleft  
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Postsynaptic terminal   The muscle fiber in the nerve supply  
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Each presynaptic terminal contains what?   Synaptic vesicles  
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What do synaptic vesicles secrete that is a neurotransmitter?   Acetylcholine  
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Where is the acetylcholine?   It diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds the postsynaptic terminal  
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Acetylcholinesterase   Rapidly breaks down acetylcholine by an enzyme  
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Muscle Contraction   Occurs as actin and myosin myofilaments  
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Sliding filament mechanism   The sliding of actin myofilaments past myosin myofilaments  
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Muscle twitch   A contraction of an entire muscle in response to a stimulus  
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The time between application of a stimulus to a motor neuron is called what?   Lag phase  
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The time of contraction is the what?   Contraction phase  
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The time during which the muscle relaxes is called the what?   Relaxation phase  
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Tetany   The muscle remains contracted without relaxing  
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The increase in number of motor units being activated is called what?   Recruitment  
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ATP means what?   Adenosine triphosphate  
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Where is ATP produced?   In the mitochondria  
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True/False: ATP is short-lived and unstable   True  
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ADP means what?   Adenosine diphosphate  
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What means without oxygen?   Anaerobic respiration  
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What means with oxygen?   Aerobic respiration  
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Oxygen debt   The amount of oxygen needed in chemical reactions  
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Muscle fatigue   When ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced in the muscle cells  
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Isometric   Length does not change, amount of tension increases  
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Isotonic   Tension stays the same, length of the muscle changes  
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Muscle Tone   Constant tension produced by muscles of the body for long periods of time  
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Fast-twitch fibers   Contract quickly and fatigue quickly  
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Slow-twitch fibers   Contract more slowly and are more resistant to fatigue  
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True/False: Fast-twitch fibers are well adapted to preform anaerobic metabolism   True  
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True/False: Slow-twitch fibers are better suited for aerobic metabolism   True  
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Origin   The most stationary end of the muscle  
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Insertion   The end of the muscle  
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True/false: Insertion has the most movement in the muscle   True  
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What portion of the muscle is between the origin and the insertion?   The belly  
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Some muscles have multiple what?   Origins  
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Muscles that work together to accomplish specific movements are called what?   Synergists  
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Muscles that work in opposition are called what?   Antagonists  
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Prime mover   If one muscle plays a major role in accomplishing the desired movement  
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How are some muscles described?   Size, shape, origin...  
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When he sarcomeres shorten it causes the muscle to what?   Shorten  
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