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Chapter 6 (Muscles)

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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 to their original resting length after they have been stretched  
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Endomysium   a connective tissue sheath that surrounds muscle fiber  
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Perimysium   loose connective tissue that surround muscle fascicle  
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Fascia   connective tissue located outside the epimysium that surrounds and separates muscles  
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Epimysium   connective tissue sheath that surrounds each skeletal muscle  
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Myofibrils   a threadlike structure that extends from one end of the fiber to the other  
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Actin Myofilaments   thin myofilaments that resemble two strands of pearls twisted together  
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Myosin Myofilaments   thick myofilaments that resemble bundles of golf clubs  
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Sarcomeres   formed by actin and myosin myofilaments that create highly ordered units which are joined end to end to form myofibril  
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Z Line   attachment site for actin  
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I band   thin filaments that only consists of actin  
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A band   the darker central region of each sarcomere and extends the length of the myosin  
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H Zone   another light area located in the center of each sarcomere that only consists of myosin  
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M Line   a dark staining band that myosin myofilaments are anchored to in the center of the sarcomere  
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Resting membrane potential   the charge difference across the cell membrane  
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Action potential   the brief reversal back of the charge of a stimulated muscle cell  
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motor neurons   nerve cells that carry action potentials to skeletal muscle fibers  
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Neuromusclular junction (synapse)   what the muscle forms when the axon branch connects to it  
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Motor unit   a single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates  
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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   Membrane region of a cell containing receptor sites for neurotransmitters. The muscle fiber.  
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Synaptic vesicles   located in each presynaptic terminal that secretes a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine  
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When an action potential reaches the nerve terminal what does it do?   it causes the synaptic vesicles to release acetylcholine into the synaptic cleft by exocytosis  
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The acetylcholine released into the synaptic cleft between the neuron and muscle cell is rapidly broken down by an enzymes called   acetylcholinesterase  
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Muscle contraction   occurs as actin and myosin myofilaments slide past one another causing the sarcomeres to shorten  
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Sliding filament mechanism   the sliding of actin myofilaments past myosin myofilaments during contraction  
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What happens to the bands during sliding filament mechanism   the H and I bands shorten but the A bands do not change in length  
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Muscle twitch   is 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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A muscle fiber will not respond to a stimulus until that stimulus reaches the   threshold  
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What is it called when the muscle fiber contracts maximally once it reaches the threshold?   all-or-none response  
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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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Tetany   where the muscle remains contracted without relaxing  
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Anaerobic respiration   without oxygen  
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Aerobic respiration   with oxygen  
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Muscle fatigue   results when ATP is used during muscle contraction faster than it can be produced in the cells  
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isometric   (equal distance) the length of the muscle does not change, but the amount of tension increases during the contraction process  
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Isotonic   (equal tension) the amount of tension produced by the muscle is constant during contraction, but the length of the muscle changes  
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Muscle tone   muscle tone refers to constant tension produced by muscles of the body for long periods. keeps head up and back straight  
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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 to fatigue  
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Origin   (head) is the most stationary end of the muscle  
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insertion   is the end of the muscle undergoing the greatest movement  
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Belly   the portion of the muscle between the origin and the insertion  
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Synergists   muscles that work together to accomplish specific movements  
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Antagonists   muscles that work in opposition to one another  
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Among a group of synergists, if one muscle plays the major role in accomplishing the desired movement, it is the   prime mover  
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Occipitofrontalis   raises the eyebrows  
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Orbicularis oculi   closes the eyelids and causes "crows feet" wrinkles in the skin at the lateral corners of the eye  
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Orbicularis oris   puckers the lips  
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Buccinator   flattens the cheeks (part of the kissing muscles)  
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Zygomaticus   smiling muscle  
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Levator labii superioris   sneering  
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Depressor anguli oris   frowning  
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Mastication   chewing  
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Sternocleidomastoid   lateral neck muscle and prime mover  
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Erector spinae (trunk muscle)   group of muscles on each side of the back. Responsible for keeping the back straight and the body erect  
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Trapezius   rotates scapula  
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serratus anterior   pulls scapula anteriorly  
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Pectoralis major   adducts and flexes the arm  
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Latissimus dorsi   medially rotates, adducts, and powerfully extends the arm  
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Deltoid   attaches the humerus to the scapula and clavicle, and is the major abductor of the upper limb  
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triceps brachii   extends the forearm  
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biceps brachii   flexes the forearm  
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brachialis   flexes forearm  
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brachioradialis   flexes and supinates the forearm  
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Flexor carpi   flexes the wrist  
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extensor carpi   extends the wrist  
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flexor digitorum   flexes the fingers  
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extensor digitorum   extends the fingers  
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Gluteus maximus   buttocks  
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Quadriceps femoris   extends the leg  
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Sartorius   "tailors muscle" flexes the thigh  
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Hamstring muscles   posterior thigh muscles; flexes the leg and extends the thigh  
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Peroneus   the lateral muscles of the leg  
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