Bio107-ch9&10pt1&2 Flashcards
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Functions of muscle (3)
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- Motion/ movement
- Maintain posture
- Heat production
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Characteristics of muscle (4)
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- Excitability- responds to stimuli
- Contractibility- able to shorten
- Extensibility- stretches when pulled
- Elasticity- returns to original shape after movement
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Muscle tissue types (3)
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- Skeletal muscle tissue
- Cardiac muscle tissue
- Smooth muscle tissue
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Skeletal muscle tissue (4)
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- Biceps triceps
- Voluntary
- Striated
- Multinucleated
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Cardiac muscle tissue (4)
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- Heart
- Involuntary
- Striated- intercalated discs
- Multinucleated
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Smooth muscle tissue (4)
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- Around organs, arrector pilli
- Involuntary
- NO STRIATIONS
- ONE nucleus
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Agonist
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Does work
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Antagonist
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Does not do work
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Synergistic muscles
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Muscles that have the same action at a joint
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Prime mover- agonist
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Muscle with the greatest force of contraction or mechanical advantage
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Synergists
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Non Prime movers
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Prime movers____ to cause desired action
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Contract
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Antagonists ____ and yield to _____
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Stretches
Prime mover
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Synergists ____ to stabilize nearby joints
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Contract
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Fixators ____ the origin of the prime mover
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Stabilize