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Ch. 6 Muscle

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Contractility   muscle shortens  
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Excitability   muscle reacts to stimulus  
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Extendability   muscle stretches  
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Elasticity   muscle recoils after stretch  
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muscle cells   fibers  
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connective tissue surrounding skeletal muscle   epimysium  
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connective tissue outside the epimysium   fascia  
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connective tissue surrounding fascicle   perimysium  
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connective tissue covering fiber   endomysium  
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cytoplasm of each fiber   myofibril  
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2 major kinds of protein fibers   actin & myosin  
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thin myofilament   actin  
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thick myofilament   myosin  
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basic structural and functional unit of the muscle   sarcomere  
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exists from z line to z line   sarcomere  
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light area and what it consists of   I Band, actin  
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dark area and what it consists of   A Band, myosin  
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positively charged cell membrane is found   outside  
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negatively charged cell membrane is found   inside  
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when you stimulate a muscle cell   membrane characteristics change  
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difference in membrane charges   resting membrane potential  
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reversal of charge   action potential  
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carry action potentials to skeletal muscle cells   motor neurons  
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threadlike part of nerve cell   axon  
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branch through muscles   axon  
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‘synapse’ each branch that connects to muscle   neuromuscular junction  
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motor neuron and the muscle fibers it interacts w   motor unit  
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usually forms a single cell   motor unit  
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how is a neuromuscular junction formed   enlarged nerve terminal on muscle cell membrane  
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enlarged nerve terminal   presynaptic terminal  
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between presynaptic terminal and muscle cell   synaptic cleft  
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muscle fiber made of presynaptic terminal and synaptic cleft   postsynaptic terminal  
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secretes acetylcholine   synaptic vesicles  
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causes change in postsynaptic cell   acetylcholine  
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action potential reaches nerve terminal, synaptic vesicles release acetylcholine to synaptic cleft   exocytosis  
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envelopes fibers of skeletal muscles   sarcolemma  
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actin myofilaments slide last myosin   sliding filament mechanism  
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contraction of entire muscle due to stimulus   muscle twitch  
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level at which muscle responds to a stimulus   threshold  
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time between stimulus and contraction   lag phase  
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time of contraction   contraction phase  
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muscle relaxes   relaxation phase  
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muscle remains contracted   tetany  
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increase in activated motor units   recruitment  
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needed for muscle contraction   ATP  
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w out oxygen   anaerobic respiration  
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w oxygen   aerobic respiration  
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ATP is used faster than it’s made   muscle fatigue  
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tension increases, length remains the same   isometric  
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length changes, tension remains the same   isotonic  
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constant muscle tension produced   muscle tone  
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head, stationary end of muscle   origin  
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end of muscle w most movement   insertion  
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between head and insertion   belly  
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muscles work together   synergists  
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muscles work in opposition   antagonists  
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major roll in synergists   prime mover  
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orbicularis facial   circles mouth  
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risorius facial   draws back mouth  
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procerus facial   frowning eyebrows  
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nasalis facial   flares nostrils  
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mentalis facial   wrinkles chin  
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buccinator facial   compresses cheeks  
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depressor supercilii facial   depression of eyebrow  
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corrugator supercilii facial   wrinkles forehead  
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levator anguli oris facial   smile  
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depressor anguli oris facial   frown  
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largest muscle in body   gluteus maximus  
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muscular heart tissue   myocardium  
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fasciculi   made of fibers  
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