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Chapter 6 Muscles

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Muscle cells   Muscle fibers  
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Muscle responsible for smiling   Zygomaticus  
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Contractility   Ability of muscle to shorten with force  
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Excitability   The capacity of muscle to respond to a stimulus  
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Elasticity   Ability to recoil to their original resting length after being stretched  
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Epimysium   Surrounds each skeletal muscle; Connective tissue  
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Fascia   Connective tissue that separates muscles  
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Sarcomere   Formed by actin and myosin myofilaments  
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Actin myofilaments   Thin; Resemble 2 small strands of pearls twisted together  
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Myosin myofilaments   Thick; Resemble bundles of golf clubs  
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I band   Consists of Actin; On each side of the Z line  
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Z line   Attachment site for actin  
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A band   Extends length of myosin; Darker central region of sarcomere  
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H zone   Light area in the center of the sarcomere  
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M line   Myosin filaments anchored in the center of the sarcomere  
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Resting membrane potential   Outside of cells have negative charges and inside positive  
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Action potential   Brief reversal of charges of the cell  
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Motor neurons   Nerve cells that carry action potential  
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What do myofibrils contain?   Actin and Myosin that form sarcomeres  
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Tetany   When a muscle remains contracted without relaxing  
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Creatine phosphate   High energy molecule that produces ATP  
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Anaerobic respiration   Does not use oxygen  
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Aerobic respiration   Uses oxygen  
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Fast twitch   Muscle fibers that fatigue quickly  
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Slow twitch   Muscle fibers that are more resistant to fatigue  
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Origin/Head   Most stationary end of the muscle  
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Frontalis   Raises eyebrows  
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Pectoralis Major   Upper chest  
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Gluteus Maximus   Buttocks  
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Insertion   End of muscle attached to the bone undergoing greatest movement  
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Oblique   Diagonal muscle  
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Synergists   Muscles that work together  
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Antagonists   Muscles that work opposite of each other  
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Intrinsic tongue muscle   Changes shape of the tongue  
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Extrinsic tongue muscle   Moves the tongue  
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Zygomaticus   Used for smiling  
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Belly of a muscle   Between Origin and insertion  
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Flexor   Flexes a muscle  
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Orbicular Oculi   Closes eyelid  
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Depressor Anguli Oris   Frowning muscle  
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Gastocnemius   Bigger bulge of the calf muscle  
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Soleus   Smaller bulge of calf muscle  
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Biceps Brachii   Muscle on the anterior side of the arm  
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Triceps Brachii   Muscle on the posterior side of the arm  
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Deltoid   Muscle on the shoulder  
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Pectoralis Major   Upper chest muscle  
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Sernocleidomastoid   Neck muscles  
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Rectus Abdominis   Abdominals  
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Trapezius   Muscle on your back in the shape of a trapezoid  
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Latissimus Dorsi   "Swimmers muscle" Muscle to the left of your spine  
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Hamstring   Posterior thigh muscle  
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Quadriceps   Anterior thigh muscle  
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Mastication   Chewing  
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Masseter   Muscle in the jaw used for chewing  
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Muscle twitch   Contraction of an entire muscle in response to a stimulus  
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Fasiculi   Muscle composed of numerous bundles  
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