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Chapter 6 - Muscular System (Anatomy)

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Muscle Cells   Muscle Fibers  
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Buttocks   Gluteus Maximus  
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Chest Muscle   Pectoral Muscle  
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Anterior thigh muscle   Quadriceps femorals  
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Posterior thigh muscle   hamstring  
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Back Muscle   latissumus  
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Contractility   the ability of skeletal muscle to shorten with force  
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Excitability   the capacity of skeletal muscle to respond to a stimulus  
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Extensibility   the ability to be stretched  
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Elasticity   ability to recoil back to the original length after being stretched  
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Produces Heat   Muscles  
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Epimysium   Surrounds the skeletal muscle  
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Fascia   Surrounds the epimysium  
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Muscle Fasciculi   bundles  
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Perimysium   Surrounds the fascicle  
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Muscle Fiber   a sing cylindrical, multi nuclei  
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Endomysium   surrounds fiber  
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Myofibrils   the cytoplasm of each fiber  
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Actin Myofilaments   thin myofilaments  
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Myosin Myofilaments   thick myofilaments  
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Sarcomeres   units formed by actin and myosin myofilaments  
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Sacromere   basic structural and functional unit  
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action potential   the brief reversal back of the charge  
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motor nuerons   nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers  
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Resting Membrane Potential   the charge difference across the membrane  
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synapse   made from each branch connecting to the muscle  
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neuromuscular junction   synapse  
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motor unit   a single motor nueron  
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presynaptic terminal   an enlarged nerve terminal  
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synaptic cleft   the space between the presynaptic terminal and muscle cell  
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postsynaptic cleft   muscle fiber  
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synaptic vesicle   in each presynaptic terminal  
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acetylcholine   secrete a neurotransmitter  
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acetylcholinesterase   enzymes that release muscles cells  
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sliding filament mechanism   the sliding of actin past myosin  
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muscle twitch   a contraction of an entire muscle  
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threshold   a muscle fiber will not respond to stimulus  
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all-or-none response   when a muscle contracts maximally  
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lag phase   the time between application of a stimulus to a motor neuron and the beginning of a contraction  
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contraction phase   the time of contration  
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relaxation phase   the time during a muscles relaxes  
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tetany   where the muscle stays contracted and doesn't relax  
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recuritment   the increase in number of motor units  
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ATP   the need for energy for muscle contraction  
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ATP is produced _______.   in the mitochondria  
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ATP is ____.   Short-lived and unstable  
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creatine phosphate   can't stockpile ATP but can store other high-energy molecules  
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anaerobic respirtaion   without oxygen  
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aerobic respiration   with oxygen  
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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  
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isometric   the length of muscle does not change  
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isotonic   the amount of tension produced by the muscle  
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muscle tone   constant tension produced by muscles of the body  
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fast-twitch fiber   contract quickly and fatigue quickly  
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slow-twitch fiber   contract more slowly and more resistant to fatigue  
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oorigin   the most stationary end of the muscle  
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insertion   the end of the muscle undergoing the most movement  
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belly   between the head and insertion  
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synergists   muscles that work together to complete movement  
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antagonists   muscles that work in opposition to one another  
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prime mover   a muscle that plays a major role in movement  
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occipitalfrontalis   raises eyebrows  
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orbicularis oculi   closes the eyelids  
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orbicunlaris oris   puckers lips  
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bussinator   flattens the cheeks  
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zygomaticus   smiling muscles  
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levator labii superioris   sneering  
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depressor anguli oris   frowning  
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pairs of muscles for cheeks   pterygoids, temporalis, massester  
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changes the shape of the tongue   intrinsic tongue muscles  
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moves the tongue   extrensic tongue mucles  
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neck muscle   sternocleidomastoid  
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sternocleidomastoid   lateral neck muscle and prime mover  
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Erector spinae   a group of muscles on each side of the back  
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