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Chapter 6 Anatomy

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show the ability of skeletal muscle to shorten with force  
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show the capacity of skeletal muscle to respond to a stimulus  
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Extensibility   show
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Elasticity   show
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Epimysium   show
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show located outside the epimysium; surrounds and separates muscles  
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Perimysium   show
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show surrounds each muscle fiber  
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Myofibrils   show
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show Actin and Myosin  
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show thin myofilaments; resemble 2 minute strands of pearls twisted together  
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Myosin   show
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Sarcomere   show
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Each sarcomere extends from one ____________ to another __________. Each _______________ is an attachment site for _____________.   show
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What gives a sarcomere its banded appearance?   show
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On each side of the Z line is a light area called an ______________. It consists of _____________.   show
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show A band  
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What's in the center of each sarcomere? What does it consist of?   show
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show M line  
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show The charge difference across the membrane (outside is positive, inside is negative)  
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Action Potential   show
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show nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers  
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show synapse; formed by an enlarged nerve terminal resting in an identation of the muscle cell membrane  
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Motor unit   show
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Enlarged nerve terminal   show
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Sliding filament mechanism   show
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show a contraction of an entire muscle in response to a stimulus that causes the action potential in one or more muscle fibers  
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Threshold   show
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show the time between application of a stimulus to a motor neuron and the beginning of a contraction  
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show where the muscle remains contracted without relaxing  
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show recruitment  
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show ATP: produced in mitochondria  
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ATP is short lived; It degenerates to   show
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ATP   show
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show adenosine diphosphate  
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Anaerobic respiration   show
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show with oxygen (more efficient)  
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show when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced  
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show (equal distance) the length of the muscle does not change but the amount of tension increases during the contraction process  
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Muscle tone   show
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show contract quickly and fatigue quickly. Well adapted to perform anaerobic metabolism. Ex. white meat of a chicken's breast  
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Slow-twitch fibers   show
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show the most stationary end of the muscle; some muscles can have multiple heads  
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Insertion   show
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Belly   show
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Synergists   show
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Antagonists   show
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show a muscle among a group of synergists that play a major role in accomplishing a desired movement  
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show raises the eyebrows  
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Orbicularis oculi   show
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Orbicularis oris   show
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Buccinator   show
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Zygomaticus   show
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show sneering  
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Depressor anguli oris   show
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show Chewing; 4 pairs of mastification muscles- 2 pair of pterygoids, temporalis, and masseter  
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show change the shape of the tongue  
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Extrinsic Tongue Muscles   show
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Sternocleidomastoid   show
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show group of muscles on each side of the back. Responsible for keeping the back straight and the body erect  
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Thoracic muscles most involved in breathing   show
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External intercostals   show
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show contract during forced expiration  
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show accomplishes quiet breathing. Dome-shaped muscle. Aids in breathing  
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Muscles of the anterior abdominal wall   show
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show tendinous area of the abdominal wall that consists of white connective tissue rather than muscle  
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On each side of the Linea Alba   show
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Tendinous inscriptions   show
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Scapula movements   show
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show pectoralis major and latissimus dorsi muscles  
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show adducts and flexes the arm  
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show medially rotates, adducts, and powerfully extends the arm. "Swimmer muscles"  
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show attaches the humerus to the scapula and clavicle, and is the major abductor of the upper limb  
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show Triceps brachii Biceps brachii Brachialis Brachioradialis  
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Trapezius   show
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Serratus anterior   show
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Triceps brachii   show
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Biceps brachii   show
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show flexes forearm  
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show flexes and supinates the forearm  
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show strong band of fibrous connective tissue that covers the flexor and extensor tendons and holds them in place around the wrist so that they do not "bowstring" during muscle contraction  
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Wrist and finger movements   show
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show flexes the wrist  
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show extends the wrist  
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Flexor Digitorum   show
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Extensor digitorum   show
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show intrinsic hand muscles  
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The muscles located between the metacarpals that are responsible for adduction and abduction of the fingers.   show
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Gluteus maximus   show
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Gluteus medius   show
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Leg movements   show
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Quadriceps Femoris   show
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Sartorius   show
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show posterior thigh muscles; flexes the leg and extends the thigh  
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Gastrocnemius and Soleus   show
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show calcaneal tendon (Achilles tendon); flex the foot and toes  
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show Peroneus muscles  
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show Insintric muscles  
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