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Muscles of the Human Body

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What is Epimysium   Connective tissue that surrounds the entire muscle  
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What is Perimysium   Connective tissue that surrounds the fascicle  
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What is Endomysium   Connective Tissue that surrounds individual muscle fibers  
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The combing form of _____________________ means Strength   sthen/o  
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Define Origin   Attachment of the muscle to the bone and it does not move  
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Define Insertion   Attachment of the muscle to the bone which causes motion  
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Skeletal Muscle attaches to what   Bones  
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Smooth Muscles attach to what   Walls of the hollow visceral organs and blood vessels  
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Cardiac muscles attach to what   Wall of the heart  
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What is a myofibrils   A bundle of muscle cells  
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What are the four phases of a muscle twitch in order   Latent Phase, Contraction phase, relaxation phase and refractory phase  
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What does intrinsic muscle mean?   A muscle that has an origin and insertion located in the same body region.  
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What does entrinsic Muscle mean   A muscle that has an origin and insertion located in two body regions  
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Define Sarcolemma   Cell Membrane of he muscle cell  
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Define Sarcoplasmic reticulum   Smooth endoplasmic reticulum of the muscle cell  
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Define Sarcomeres   Repeated functional units that comprise a myofibril. Each myofibril is composed of thick and thing myofilaments arranged in ___________________  
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Fixator   a muscle that holds an origin stable for another muscle  
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Synergists   muscles that have the same action  
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Prime Mover   The main muscle of the synergists that preforms the action  
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Antagonist   A muscle that has an opposing action  
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Flexion   Action that bends a part of the body anteriorly, such as flexing the elbow. Exception is the knee  
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Extension   The action that bends a part of the body posteriorly, such as straightening the arm at the arm at the elbow. ** Knee **  
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Abduction   Movement of a part of the body away from the midline *Like jumping jacks Stage 1)  
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Adduction   Movement of a part of the body towards the midline. (Like jumping jacks stage 2)  
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Protraction   Movement that brings part of the body forward ** Jaw**  
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Retraction   Movement that brings part of the body backwards. **JAW**  
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Dorsiflexion   Position of standing on the heels with the toes pointing up off of the floor  
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Plantar Flexion   Position of standing on tiptoes with the heels of of the floor  
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Inversion   Position in which the soles of the feet are together facing each other  
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Eversion   Position in which the soles of the feet point away from each other  
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Rotation   The act of spinning on an axis  
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Circumduction   The act of making a circle with part of the body  
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Supination   Rotation that turns the palms up  
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Pronation   Rotation that turns the palms down  
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Neuromuscular Junction   Stimulation of a muscle cell by a nerve happens at this junction  
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Acetylcholine   An electrical stimulation along the nerve cell results in the release of this neurotransmitter.  
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What fits into receptors on the muscle cell to stimulate it to contract   Acetylcholine  
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A minimal amount of stimulus called a ______ is needed for the muscle to respond.   Treshold  
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As long as the threshold is reached, the muscle cell will contract in an ____________________ manner.   All or nothing  
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The ______________________ theory of muscle contraction involves thick myofilaments grabbing thin myofilaments and pulling them towards the center of hte sarcomere   Sliding filament theory  
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A contraction of a muscle cell in response to a single nerve stiimulus   Twitch  
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A sustained contraction due to repetitive nerve signals   Tetany  
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The ____________________________ of the nerve impulses is what determines if this is a twitch and tetany contraction.   Frequency  
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A ______________ is a single nerve cell and all of the muscle cells it stimulates   Motor Unit  
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What is Recruitment   Getting more motor units involved  
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The more and more motor units can be ________ to achieve a larger motion   recruited  
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In a ________ contraction, tension in the muscle remains constant as the muscle shortens.   Isotonic  
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In a _________________ contraction, tension in the muscle increases but there is no shortening of the muscle   Isometric  
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__________________ fibers are specialized for aerobic respiration, so they do not fatigue quickly.   Slow Twitch  
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____________________ fibers are specialized for anaerobic respiration and therefore fatigue quickly   Fast-twitch  
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_______________ is composed of long, striated cells with multiple nuclei pushed off to the side. The cells are under voluntary control   Skeletal muscle tissues  
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_________________ is composed of branched, striated cells with a single nucleus and junctions between cells called ____________________.   Cardiac Muscle: Intercalated disks  
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___________is composed of spindle-shaped cells with a single nucleus. Cells are not under voluntary controll   Smooth Muscles  
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What are the effects of aging on the muscular system   Lean muscle mass decreases. The amount of loss is genetically determined. Fast twitch fibers are more affected than slow twitch fibers. Decreased muscle mass.  
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What is an EMG   Electromyography - accesses the health of muscles by testing how a muscle responds to electric stimuli  
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What is a Hernia   The protrusion of viscera through the muscle of the abdominal wall  
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What is a cramp   Is a painful muscle spasm that may have many causes  
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What is Muscular Dystrophy   A term used for a group of hereditary disorders that result in the progressive degeneration of muscle tissues.  
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What is a Sprain   ligament tears  
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What is a muscle Strain   Tear in a muscle from overuse or overstretching  
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What is Fibromyalgia   Involves myalgia, fatigue and pain in soft tissues , tendons, and ligaments  
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What is Tindinitis   a tendon inflammation resulting from injury, overuse or aging  
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What is atrophy?   The decrease in muscle size due to a decrease in muscle tissue  
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What is Shin Splints   Refer to pain along the anterior, lower leg commonly occurring after physical activity.  
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