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Muscle Tissue

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Composed of fibers that contract, causing movement.Three types:Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac.   Muscle Tissue  
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The cell membrane surrounding each muscle fiber   Sarcolemma  
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Several muscle fibers bundled together, separated by endomysium   Fasciculus  
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Connective tissue that separates muscle fibers in a fasciculus   Endomysium  
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Connective tissue that surrounds a muscle   Perimysium  
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A layer of fibrous connective tissue outside the epimysium that separates individual muscles   Fascia  
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The specialized nerve cells that deliver an impulse to the muscle cell, causing it to contract   Motor neurons  
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The junction between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber   Neuromuscular Junction/Synapse  
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The portion of the neuromuscular synapse at the distal end of the nerve fiber   Presynaptic terminal  
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Portion of the neuromuscular synapse at the proximal portion of the muscle fiber   Postsynaptic terminal  
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Lies in a space in the neuromuscular junction, between the nerve and muscle. Space across which a nerve impulse is transmitted   Synaptic cleft  
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A change in electrical potential that occurs when a cell or tissue has been activated by a stimulus   Action Potential  
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The _________ ___________contains numerous synaptic vesicles that contain the chemical acetylcholine, which functions as a neurotransmitter   presynaptic terminal  
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A substance that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse   Neurotransmitter  
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The movement of the vesicles is stimulated by the influx of calcium (Ca2+) ions into the _____________ nerve terminal   presynaptic  
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Once it crosses the ____________cleft, acetylcholine causes an increase in the muscle membrane's permeability, allowing sodium (Na+) ions to diffuse into the cell via special protein ion channels, producing an electrical change   synaptic  
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During muscle contraction, the ___________ shorten as the actin myofilaments slide over the surface of the myosin   sarcomeres  
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This occurs when calcium is actively transported back into the sarcoplasmic reticulum   Muscle Relaxation  
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Muscle contraction requires energyThe main source of energy for muscle contraction in the body is _____, which can be converted to ______   ATP, ADP  
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An organic acid that can lower the intracellular pH   Lactic acid  
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An iron-containing pigment found in red blood cellsCarries about 97% of the oxygen in the body   Hemoglobin  
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An iron-containing red pigment found in muscle fibers   Myoglobin  
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What is made up of spindle-shaped cells with a single nucleus. Smaller than skeletal muscle cells. The cells contain fewer actin and myosin myofilaments than skeletal muscle cells. Myofilaments are not organized into sarcomeres   Smooth Muscle  
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Sheets of muscle that form the layers of the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts   Visceral smooth muscle  
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______ muscle contraction is involuntary   Smooth  
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A cell at rest, waiting to react to a stimulus   Polarized cell  
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Requires a trigger or minimum energy levelResults in the opening of channels, allowing sodium to rush in.An action potential fires, stimulating surrounding cells   Polarized cell  
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The unique ability of cardiac muscle to generate its own electrical activity   Intrinsic automaticity  
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The recovery phase, Sodium leaves the cell, Cell returns to a polarized state   Repolarization  
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End of a muscle that is attached to the more stationary of two bones   Origin (head)  
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End attached to the bone undergoing the greatest movement   Insertion  
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Largest portion of the muscle, between the origin and the insertion   Belly  
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Tough, ropelike cords of fibrous tissue that attach muscles to bone   Tendons  
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Muscles that work together to accomplish a particular movement   Synergists  
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Muscles working in opposition to other muscles   Antagonists  
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When a group of muscles is involved in a movement, this is the muscle that plays the major role in accomplishing the task   Prime mover  
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Muscles that stabilize the origin of the prime mover   Fixators  
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