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Chapter 6 Muscles

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Contractility   The ability to shorten with force  
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Excitability   The ability to respond to stimulus  
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Extensibility   The ability to be stretched  
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Elasticity   The ability to recoil to its original state  
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Epimysium   Surrounds the whole muscle  
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Fascia   The most superficial tissue that separates muscles  
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Fasicle   The numerous visible bundles of muscles  
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Perimysium   Surrounds each fasicle  
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Muscle Cells   Muscle fibers  
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Endomysium   Surrounds each muscle fiber  
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Shape of the muscle fibers cells   Cylindrical cells  
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Myofibrils   The cytoplasm of each fiber  
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Actin   The thin myofilaments that resemble 2 pearl strands twisted together  
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Myosin   The thick myofilaments that resemble bundles of golf clubs  
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Sarcomeres   The highly ordered units from Z-Line to Z-Line  
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What gives muscles a banded apperance   Actin and Myosin  
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What is the light area of the Z- Line   I-Bands  
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A-Bands   The darker area  
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H-Zone   The space between each sarcomere  
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M-Line   The line that goes down the middle of the H-Zone  
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Motor neurons   Nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers  
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Neuromuscluar junction   Sends the axons to the muscles and branches  
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Motor Unit   The single motor neuron that innervates skeletal muscles  
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Presynaptic Terminal   The enlarged nerve terminal  
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Synaptic Cleft   The space between the presynaptic terminal and the muscle cell  
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Postsynaptic Terminal   Muscle fibers  
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Synaptic Vesicles   They secrete Acetycholine  
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Acetycholine   It makes the muscle contract  
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Actycholinestrease   It breaks down actycholine and makes the muscle relax  
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The Sliding Filament Mechanism   The sliding of actin and myosin during a contraction  
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Muscle Twitch   A contraction of an entire muscle in response to stimulus to one or more muscle fibers  
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Threshold   A muscle fiber that isn't able to respond to stimulus until that stimulus reaches a certain level  
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All-or-none response   The point of when a muscle contracts maximally  
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Lag phase   The time between the point in which a muscle reacts to stimulus  
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Contraction phase   When the muscle contracts  
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Relaxation phase   When the muscle relaxes  
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Tetany   When a muscle remains contracted without relaxation  
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Recruitment   The increase in number of motor units  
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ATP   Adenosine triphosphate  
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ADP   Adenosine diphosphate plus phosphate  
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Mitochondria   Where ATP is produced  
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This is short lived and very unstable   ATP  
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Created whenever ATP is stockpiled   Creatine Phosphate  
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Anerobic respiration   Doesn't require oxygen  
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Aerobic respiration   Requires oxygen (most beneficial)  
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Oxygen debt   The amount of oxygen needed in chemical reactions to convert lactic acid to glucose  
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Muscle Fatigue   When ATP is used up too quickly and can'r make up for the lost  
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Isometric   The length of the muscle doesn't change but tension does  
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Isotonic   The tension doesn't change but the length does  
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Muscle tone   Constant tension of the muscles in the body for long periods of time  
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Fast-twitch muscles   Contract quickly fatigue quickly  
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Slow-twitch muscles   Contract slower fatigue slower  
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Origin   The most stationary end of the muscle  
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Insertion   The muscle undergoing the most activity  
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Belly   The muscle that is undergoing equal amounts of activity  
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Synergists   Muscles that work together  
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Antagonists   Muscles the work in opposition  
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Prime mover   One muscle plays the major role in the desired movement  
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Nomenclature   The descriptive name of a muscle  
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Occipitofrontalis   Raises the eyebrows  
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Obicularis Oculi   Closes the eyelids and creates crows feet  
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Obicularis Oris   Puckers the lips  
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Buccinator   Flattens the cheeks  
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Zygomaticus   Smiling muscles  
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Lavator Libii Superioris   Sneering  
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Depressor Anguli Oris   Frowning  
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Mastication   Chewing  
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Muscles used in mastication   2 pairs of pytergoids, temporalis, and massters  
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Intrinstic Tongue Muscles   Changes the shape of the tongue  
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Extrinstic Tongue Muscles   Move the tongue  
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Sternocleiodmastoid   Neck muscles  
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Erector Spinae   The group of muscles on each side of the back  
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External Intercostals   Elevates the ribs during respiration  
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Internal Intercostals   Contracts during forced expiration  
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Diaphragm   Aids in quiet-breathing  
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Linea Alba   Extends to the sternum, through the naval,to the pubis  
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Rectus Abdominis   On each side of the linea alba  
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Tendinous Inscriptions   Crosses the rectus abdominis in 3 or more places  
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Trapezius   Rotates scapula  
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Serratus Anterior   Pulls scapula anterior  
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Pectoralis Major   Adducts and flexes the arm  
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Latissamus Dorsi   Medially rotates, adducts, and powerfully extends the arm  
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Deltoid   Attaches the humerus to the scapula to the clavicle  
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Triceps Brachii   Extends forearm  
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Biceps Brachii   Flexes forearm  
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Branchialis   Flexes forearm  
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Branchioradalis   Flexes and suppinates the forearm  
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Retinaculum   Holds wrists so it does not "bowstring"  
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Flexor Carpi   Flexes wrist  
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Extensor Carpi   Extends wrist  
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Flexor Digitorum   Flexes fingers  
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Extensor Digitorum   Extends fingers  
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Gluteus Maximus   Buttocks  
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Gluteus Medius   Hip muscles  
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Quadriceps Femoris   Extends the leg, (anterior)  
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Sartorius   Flexes the thigh  
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Hamstrings   Extends the thigh, Flexes the leg (posterior thigh)  
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Gastrocnemius & Soleus   Forms the calf muscle  
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