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Anatomy- Chapter 9

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Muscle Fibers   Another name for muscle cells.  
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Myofilaments   Actin and Myosin-microfilaments. Includes both of the two.  
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Skeletal Muscle Tissue   packaged into the skeletal msucles, organs that attach to and cover the bony skeleton; are longest muscle cells; are striated, and are controlled voluntarily; connect muscle to bone; referred to as muscular system.  
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Cardiac Muscle   only occurs in the heart; involuntary; striated; coordinated activity to act like a pump.  
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Smooth Muscle   found in walls of hollow visceral organs; no strations; involuntary; coordinated activity to act like a pump.  
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Excitability   (irritability); abiliy to receive and respond to a stimulus, that is, any change in environment.  
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Contractility   ability to be stretched or extended.  
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Elasticity   ability of a muscle fiber to recoil and resume its resting length after being stretched.  
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4 main functions of Muscle   1. Producing Movement 2. Maintaining Posture 3. Stabilizing Joints 4. Generating Heat  
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Insertion   "moveable bone" ; contracts, and moves toward the immovable or less movable bone.  
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Origin   "immovable bone" ; lies proximal to the insertion.  
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Sarcoplasmis Reticulum   an elaborate smooth endoplasmic reticulum, with interconnecting tubules surrounding each myofibril. Create channels called "terminal cisternae" ; place where Calcium Ions are stored.  
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