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chapter 6 muscles

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contractility   shorten with force  
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excitability   respond to a stimulus  
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extensibility   ability to be stretched  
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elasticity   recoil back to resting length  
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fascia   located outside of the epimysium  
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epimysium   connective tissue sheath that covers the skeletal muscle  
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fascicle/fasciculi   numerous bundle of muscles  
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perimysium   loose connective tissue that surrounds the fascicle  
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fibers (muscles fibers)   single muscle cell  
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myofibrils   thread-like structure that expands from one end of the fiber to the other  
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endomysium   each fiber in a connective tissue  
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actin myofilaments   thin myofilaments  
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myosin myofilaments   thick myofilaments  
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sarcomeres   units the make up actin and myosin myofilaments  
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myofibrils   actin myofilaments and myosin myofilaments  
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sarcomere   basic structural  
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resting membrane potential   charge distance across the membrane  
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action potential   brief reversal back of the charge  
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motor neurons   nerve cells that carry action potential to skeletal muscle fibers  
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neuromusclular junction/synapse   each branch that connects the muscle forms  
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motor unit   a single motor neuron and all muscle fibers it inntervates  
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neuromusclular junction   is formed by an enlarged nerve terminal  
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presynaptic terminal   the enlarged never terminal  
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syaptic cleft   the space between the presynaptic terminal and the muscle cell  
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postsynsaptic terminal   muscle fiber  
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synaptic vesicles   presynaptic terminal that secretes neurotransmitter  
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acetylcholine   neurotransmitter  
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acetylcholinesterase   the acetylcholine released is rapidly broken down by enzymes  
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sliding filament mechanism   sliding of actin past myosin myofilaments during contration  
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muscle twitch   contraction of an entire muscle in response to a stimulus in the muscles  
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threshold   a muscle fiber will not respond to stimulus until it reaches a level  
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all-or-none response   the phenomenon  
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lag phase   time between the application of a stimulus and the beginning of an contraction  
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contraction phase   time on contraction  
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relexation phase   time which muscles are relexed  
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tetany   where the muscle stay contracted without relexing  
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recruitment   an increase of motor units being activated  
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ATP   is needed for energy for muscle contraction  
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ADP   more stable than ATP and has phosphate  
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anaerobic respiration   without oxygen  
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aerobic respiration   with oxygen (more efficient)  
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oxygen debt   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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muscle fatigue   results when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced in the muscle cells  
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isometric   equal distance  
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isotonic   equal tension  
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muscle tone   contrast tension  
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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  
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origin   most stationary end of the muscle  
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insertion   greatest movement of the muscle  
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belly   portion between the head and insertion  
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synergists   muscles that work together  
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antagonists   muscles in opposition to one another  
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prime mover   in the synergists, where one muscles plays a major role  
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occipitofrontalis   rasises the eyebrows  
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orbicularis oculi   closes the eyelids  
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orbicularis oris   puckers the lips  
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buccinator   flattens cheeks  
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zygomaticus   smiling muscle  
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leavator labii superioris   sneering  
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depressor anguli oris   frowning  
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mastication   chewing  
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