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68WM6 10-10 Muscle Systems

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Actin   contractile protein found in the thin myofilaments of skeletal muscle  
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All or None   when stimulated, a muscle fiber will contract fully or not at all; whether a contraction occurs depends on whether the stimulus reaches the required threshold  
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Antagonist   those having opposing actions; for example, muscles that flex the upper arm are antagonists to muscles that extend it  
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Aponeuroses   broad fibrous sheets of connective tissue  
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Atrophy   wasting away of tissue; decrease in size of a part; sometimes referred to as disuse atrophy  
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Bursa   saclike, fluid-filled structure, lined with synovial membrane, near a joint  
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Hypertrophy   increase in size, structure, or function  
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Isometric   type of muscle contraction in which muscle does not shorten  
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Isotonic   of the same tension or pressure  
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Sacromere   contractile unit of muscle; length of a myofibril between two Z bands  
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Synergist   muscle that assist the prime mover  
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Tenosynovitis   inflammation of the tendon sheath  
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