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Muscles

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show Striated means "with stripes"  
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Harry was pondering an exam question that said, "What muscle type has elongated cells and is found in the walls of the urinary bladder?" What should he have responded   show
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show Epimysium translates to the outside of the muscle, and the connective tissue sheath is te outermost muscle sheath which encloses the entire muscle  
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show The thin myofilaments have binding sites for calcium on the troponin molecules forming part of those filaments  
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show In resting muscle fiber the SR would have the highest concentration of calcium ions. The mitochondrion provides the ATP needed for muscle activity.  
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show axon terminal, synaptic cleft, and junctional folds of the sarcolemma  
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What is the final trigger for contraction? What is the initial trigger?   show
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What prevents filaments from sliding back to their original position each time a myosin cross bridge attaches from actin?   show
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show Without ATP, rigor would occur because the myosin heads could not detach.  
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show A motor unit is an axon of a motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates.  
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What is happening in the muscle during the latent period of a twitch contraction   show
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show After grabbing the bar his bicep muscles are contracting isometrically. As he moves up toward the bar they contract isotonically and concentrically. As he lowers the biceps are contracting isotonically and eccentrically  
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When Eric returned from joggind he was breathing heavily, sweating profusely, and complained that his legs ached and felt weak. On the basis of what you learned about muscle energy metabolism answer the following Why is Eric breathing heavily?   show
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show Foce is influenced by muscle fiber size, number of muscle fibers stimulated, frequency of stimulation, degree of muscle stretch. Velocity is influnced by muscle fiber type, load, and the number of motor units contacting.  
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Jim called several friends to help him move. Would he prefer to have those with more slow oxidative muscle firbers or those with more fast glycolytic fibers as his helpers? Why?   show
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Relative to their effect on muscle size and function, how do aerobic and anaerobic exercise differ?   show
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Compare the structure of skeletal muscle fibers to that of smooth muscle fibers   show
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show Calcium binds to troponin on the actin filaments in skeletal muscle cells. In smooth muscle cells, it bind to a cytoplasmic protein called calmodulin.  
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show Hollow orangs that have smooth muscle cells helping to form their walls often must temporarily store the organs contents, an ability ensured by the stress-relaxation response  
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How is the multinucleate condition achieved during development of skeltal muscle fibers   show
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What does it mean when we say "muscles get stringier with age?"   show
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How can we defer(or reverse) some of the effects of age on skeletal muscles?   show
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The connective tissue covering that encloses the sarcolemma of an individual muscle fiber is called   show
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a fascalise is   show
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The function of the T tubules in muscle contraction is to   show
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The sites where motor nerve impluse is transmitted from the never endings to the skeletal muscle cell membranes are the   show
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show a twitch  
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show fused tetanus  
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show acetylcholine  
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the ions that enter the skeletal muscle cell during the action potential generation are   show
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show holds a reserve supply of oxygen in the muscle  
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show single unit  
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At the neuromuscular junction, calcium ions act to release synaptic vesicles from ______   show
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show voltage gated calcium  
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What is the name of the enzyme that degrades ACh?   show
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show SR  
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Which ion links excitation to contraction in skeletal muscle fiber?   show
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As AP travel down a T tubule a voltage sensitive protein changes shape and _____________   show
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What is the functional unit of a skeletal muscle fiber?   show
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show muscle contraction  
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Which is the only muscle subject to conscious control?   show
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show cardiac and skeletal  
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show voluntarily  
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____________ muslce forms in the heart, is striated , and controlled involuntarily   show
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show hollow organs  
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show Excitability, contractility, extensibility, and elasticity  
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What are functions of muscles?   show
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show Skeletal  
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Acetylcholine(ACh)   show
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show Enzyme present at the neuromuscular junction and synapses that degrades acetylcholine and terminates its action.  
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show Skeletal muscle  
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show False  
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show Muscle cells have myoglobin; most other cells do not  
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show an increase in intracellular calcium ion levels.  
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show T-tubules  
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show actin.  
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show breaks down acetylcholine.  
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Myofibrils are composed of repeating contractile elements called:   show
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True or False During contraction, thin filaments slide past thick filaments so that actin and myosin filaments do not overlap.   show
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true or false During contraction, the distance between Z disks of a sarcomere decreases.   show
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When an action potential arrives at the neuromuscular junction, the most immediate result is:   show
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show the muscle length will not change during contraction.  
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show graded muscle response.  
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show aerobic respiration.  
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show The muscle would remain in a contracted state due to an inability to break actin-myosin cross bridges.  
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show Fatigue resistant  
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show Moderately fatigue resistant  
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How does a Fast glycolytic muscle fiber fatigue   show
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show false  
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True or False Contraction of smooth muscle is regulated by the autonomic nervous system.   show
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show True  
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True or False Duchenne muscular dystrophy is more common in females than in males.   show
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Actin   show
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Action Potential   show
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show Oxygen-requiring  
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show The length of time a muscle can continue to contract using aerobic pathways  
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Aerobic Respiration   show
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Anerobic   show
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Anaerobic Glycolysis   show
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Anaerobic Threshold   show
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Aponeurosis   show
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show Reduction in size or wasting away of an organ or cell resulting from disease or lack of use  
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Cardiac Muscle   show
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Contractility   show
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show To shorten or develop tension, an ability highly developed in muscle cells  
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Creatin Kinase   show
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show Compound that serves as an alternative energy source for muscle tissue  
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Depolarization   show
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show Thin connective tissue surrounding each muscle cell  
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show Sheath of fibrous connective tissue surrounding a muscle  
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Excitability (Irritability)   show
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Excitation-Contraction (E-C)Coupling   show
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Fascia   show
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Fascicle   show
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Glycolysis   show
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Graded Muscle Responses   show
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show Movable attachment of a muscle  
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Isometric Contraction   show
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show Contraction in which muscle tension remains constant at a given joint angle and load, and the muscle shortens  
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show Product of anerobic metabolism, espically in muscle  
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show Period of time between stimulation and the onset of muscle contraction  
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show A motor neuron and all the muscle cells it stimulates  
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Muscle Tension   show
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show Low levels of contractile activity in relaxed muscle; keeps the muscle healty and ready to act  
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Muscle Twitch   show
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show Embryonic mesoderm cells from which all mucle fibers develop  
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show Rodlike bundle of contractile filaments (myofilaments) found in muscle fibers (cells)  
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Myofilament   show
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Myoglobin   show
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Myogram   show
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Myosin   show
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Neuromuscular Junction   show
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show Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction  
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Oxygen Deficit   show
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show Connective tissue enveloping bundles of muscle fibers  
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show Progressive, wavelike contractions that move foodstuffs through the alimentary tube organs(or that move other substances through other hollow body organs)  
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show Movement of the membrane potential to the initial resting (polarized) state  
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show High intensity exercise in which the muscles are pitted against high resistance or immovable forces and, as a result, muscle cells increase in size  
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show The plasma membrane surface of a muscle fiber  
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Sarcomere   show
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Sarcoplasm   show
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show Specialized endoplasmic reticulum of muscle cells  
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Skeletal Muscle   show
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Smooth Muscle   show
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Summation   show
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show Extension of the muscle cell plasma membrane (sarcolemma) that protrudes deeply into the muscle cell  
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show Cord of dense fibrous tissue attaching muscle to bone  
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show A smooth sustained muscle contraction resulting from high frequency stimulation.  
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show Weakest stimulus capable of producing a response in an irritable tissue  
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show epimysium  
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show motor unit.  
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Does Hemoglobin concentration in muscle fibers increase during muscle contraction   show
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Do The I bands shorten and H zones disappear during muscle contraction   show
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What is the ion released from the terminal cisternae that combines with troponin and removes the blocking action of tropomyosin, resulting in the formation of cross bridges?   show
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show neuromuscular junction.  
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How can you best describes the composition of the structure known as a triad in a skeletal muscle fiber?   show
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show myosin  
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show epimysium.  
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show sarcomere.  
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The space between the neuron and the muscle is the:   show
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The term that means a continued mild or partial contraction of an entire muscle is muscle:   show
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show isometric.  
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show yes  
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show no  
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show no  
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Do The contractions of skeletal muscles pull on tendons and move elements of the skeleton.   show
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Does Lactic Acid increase in quantity during repetitive muscle contraction   show
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What do ATP, CP, glucose, and oxygen all do during muscle contraction.   show
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show action potential  
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show sarcolemma  
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________________ maintain the organization of the A band and provide for elastic recoil when muscle contraction ends   show
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What binds calcium ions in a smooth muscle, causing contraction   show
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____________ causes smooth muscle contractions   show
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_________ is the ability to receive and respond to a stimulus   show
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show recoil and resume its resting length after being stretched.  
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______________ is the ability of a muscle to shorten forcibly when adequately stimulated.   show
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The muscle of the stomach is ________ muscle and is involuntary muscle.   show
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Skeletal muscle contracts ______________.   show
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A sarcomere is part of a   show
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The _____________ are part of the sarcomere and are of two types, thick and thin   show
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"Cross bridges" that link between the thick and thin filaments are formed by the   show
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show cross bridges  
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The refractory period in which the muscle will not contract if stimulated occurs during __________ of the muscle cell   show
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does Hyperpolarization occur in muscle cells?   show
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What is the cause of rigor mortis   show
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Calcium influx into the cell after death promotes the formation of _______ and stiffening of muscles after death, which is known as rigor mortis.   show
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show ATP  
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show peristalsis  
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show skeletal  
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show smooth  
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show Myosin  
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The head of the myosin molecule binds to what molecule to form the cross bridge?   show
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show Tropomyosin  
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show Troponin  
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The binding of what to the myosin head puts the cross bridge in its high-energy conformation?   show
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show ATP  
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show ATP  
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show Flexing of the cross bridge (power stroke)  
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show Depletion of ATP  
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Which type of muscle cell has visible striations and many nuclei and is under voluntary control?   show
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show Tendons  
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Whole muscle is composed of bundles of muscle cells called:   show
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show epimysium.  
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show sarcolemma.  
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The part of the sarcoplasmic reticulum where calcium ions are stored is called the:   show
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show myofibril.  
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show The A band  
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show The I band  
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show sarcomere  
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show endomysium.  
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show Acetylcholine (ACh)  
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show Voltage-gated (voltage-regulated) calcium channels  
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show Exocytosis  
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Binding of the neurotransmitter to receptors on the motor endplate opens channels that let which ion enter the cell and cause depolarization?   show
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show Acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme, digests the acetylcholine.  
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show T tubule  
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The action potential causes the release of calcium ions from what structure in the muscle cell?   show
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In order for skeletal muscle cells to contract, they must be stimulated by a/an:   show
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The potential energy stored in ATP is found in the:   show
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The potential energy in ATP is released during a process called:   show
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show A water molecule  
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What is the end product in the anaerobic pathway?   show
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show myoglobin.  
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Which type of muscle fiber has a large quantitiy of myoglobin and mainly uses the Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation to synthesize ATP?   show
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A motor neuron and all the muscle cells it innervates is called a:   show
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show recruitment.  
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Where is the interneuron located?   show
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The muscles of the eye need to make precise small motor movements. What size are the motor units in the eye?   show
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The muscles of the thigh exhibit gross movements for walking. What size are the motor units in the thigh?   show
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Random, asynchronous motor unit contractions provide a low-level tension and resistance to stretch called muscle __________.   show
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show The muscle will become flaccid.  
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Where is the motor neuron located?   show
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show neuromuscular junction.  
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An increase in the strength of the stimulus will cause an increase in tension development caused by:   show
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The development of tension in a muscle, in response to a single stimulus above threshold, is called a muscle ___________.   show
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The shortest phase of a muscle twitch, usually lasting less than 5 milliseconds, is called the:   show
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show Relaxation phase  
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When a second stimulus is applied before complete relaxation, there is a greater development of tension. What is this called?   show
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When a single stimulus is applied to a muscle, a curve of the tension developed (muscle twitch) can be generated. If the same strength stimulus is applied to the muscle again (after complete relaxation), how will the size of the second curve be altered?   show
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show treppe.  
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With rapid, multiple stimulations, the contraction-relaxation cycles are shorter but there still is some degree of relaxation. What is this stage called?   show
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With rapid, multiple stimulations, the contractions fuse into a smooth, continuous contraction. This stage in the multiple stimuli graph is called:   show
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