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Muscles

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Skeletal Muscle Functions (4)   Movement, Posture, Heat production, Joint stability.  
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Movement   Locomotion: walking and running.  
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Posture   Constantly adjusting: sitting and standing.  
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Heat Production   Contraction produces heat, shivering.  
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Joint Stability   Muscle tone keeps joints stable.  
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Characteristics of Muscles (4)   Exitability, Contractibility, Extensibility, Elasticity.  
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Exitability   Ability to receive and respond to stimuli.  
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Contractibility   Ability to shorten forcibly as result of action potential.  
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Extensibility   Ability to stretch.  
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Elasticity   Ability to return to original shape after contraction.  
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Connective Tissues That Surround Muscle (3)   Endomysium, Perimysium, Epimysium.  
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Endomysium   Encloses a single muscle fibre.  
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Perimysium   Surrounds fascicle (Muscle cells bundled together).  
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Epimysium   Covers entire skeletal muscle.  
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Tendons   Mostly collagen fibres, Attach muscle to bone, Often cross joint due to toughness and small size.  
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Aponeuroses   Attach muscles indirectly to bones, cartilages, or connective tissue coverings.  
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Sarcolemma   Specialised plasma membrane.  
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Myofibrils   Long organelles inside muscle cell.  
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Sarcoplasmic Reticulum   Specialised smooth endoplasmic reticulum - stores calcium and releases on demand.  
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Sarcomeres   Chains of contractile units.  
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I Band   Light band. Contains only actin filaments.  
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A Band   Dark band. Contains thick myosin filaments.  
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H Zone   Bare zone that lacks actin filaments.  
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How Muscles Contract: #1   Nerves activate the release of calcium.  
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How Muscles Contract: #2   Calcium changes the shape and position of the proteins blocking the binding sites allowing the myosin heads to grip the actin filament.  
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How Muscles Contract: #3   Myosin heads "cocked" and pull the actin filaments toward the centre of sarcomere. ATP provides the energy needed to release and recock the myosin heads.  
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How Muscles Contract: #4   The result is that the muscle is shortened (contracted).  
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How Muscles Contract: #5   Once all the extra calcium is absorbed, the proteins that were moved for the contraction return to their original spot and the muscle releases.  
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Rules of Contraction: #1   Muscle fibre contraction is "all or nothing".  
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Rules of Contraction: #2   Within a skeletal muscle, not all fibres may be stimulated during the same interval.  
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Rules of Contraction: #3   Different combinations of muscle fibre contractions may give differing responses.  
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Twitch   Single, brief contraction.  
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Tetanus   One contraction immediately followed by another. The muscle does not completely return to a resting state.  
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Muscle Fatigue   When a muscle is fatigued, it is unable to contract even with a stimulus.  
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Oxygen Deficit   Common cause for muscle fatigue is oxygen debt. Oxygen must be "repaid" to tissue to remove oxygen deficit. Oxygen is required to get rid of accumulated lactic acid.  
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Muscle Tone   State of continuous partial contractions.  
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Isotonic Contractions   The muscle shortens and movement occurs.  
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Isometric Contractions   Tension in the muscles increases - no movement.  
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Flaccid   Soft or flabby muscle; old age.  
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Atrophy   Loses muscle tone and wastes away; cast.  
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Origin   Attached to the immovable or less movable.  
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Insertion   Attached to the movable.  
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Prime Movers   Major muscle responsible for movement.  
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Antagonists   Muscles that oppose each other (bicep/tricep).  
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Synergists   Help the prime mover.  
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Fixators   Stabilise origin so all tension can be used to move the insertion bone - postural muscles.  
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Golden Rules: #1   All skeletal muscles cross at least one joint.  
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Golden Rules: #2   The bulk of skeletal muscles lies proximal to the joint crossed. (Bulk of muscles is near the joint)  
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Golden Rules: #3   All skeletal muscles have at least two attachments, the origin and insertion.  
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Golden Rules: #4   Skeletal muscles can only pull, never push.  
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Golden Rules: #5   During contraction, a skeletal muscle insertion moves towards the origin.  
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