Chapter 6

Question 0

Chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings.

Answer 0

Acetylcholine

Question 1

Move away from the midline of the body

Answer 1

Abduct

Question 2

A contractile protein of muscle

Answer 2

Actin

Question 3

Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell, allowing sodium ions to move into the cell and reverse polarity.

Answer 3

Action potential

Question 4

Move toward the midline of the body

Answer 4

Addiction

Question 5

Respiration in which oxygen is consumed and glucose is broken down entirely

Answer 5

Aerobic respiration

Question 6

Transformation of glucose to private when limited amounts of O2 are available.

Answer 6

Anerobic glycolcysis

Question 7

Muscles that act in opposition to an agonist or prime mover.

Answer 7

Antagonist

Question 8

Fibrous or membranous sheet connecting a muscle and the part it moves

Answer 8

Aponeuroses

Question 9

Organic compute that provides a quick energy for source for muscle fibers.

Answer 9

Creatine phosphate

Question 10

Up and down movement that includes lifting the foot so that you’re standing on your heels

Answer 10

Dorisflexion

Question 11

Movement that increases the angle of a joint

Answer 11

Extension

Question 12

Muscles that immobilize a joint or bone.

Answer 12

Fixators

Question 13

Bending, decreases the angle between bones

Answer 13

Flexion

Question 14

Movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin

Answer 14

Insertion

Question 15

Product of anaerobic metabolism, especially in muscle

Answer 15

Lactic acid

Question 16

Motor neuron and all the muscle cells it supplies

Answer 16

Motor unit

Question 17

Contractile organelles found in the cytoplasm of muscle cells

Answer 17

Myofibrils

Question 18

Principal contractile Protein found in muscles

Answer 18

Myosin

Question 19

Region where a motor neuron comes into close contact with skeletal muscle cell

Answer 19

Neuromuscular region

Question 20

Chemical released by neurons that may, binding upon receptors of neurons or affected stimulate or inhibit them

Answer 20

Neurotransmitter

Question 21

Attachment of a muscle that remains fixed during muscular transaction

Answer 21

Origin

Question 22

Volume of oxygen required to after exercise to oxide lactic acid formed during exercise

Answer 22

Oxygen debt

Question 23

Sole of the foot

Answer 23

Plantar flexion

Question 24

Muscles whose contraction are primarily responsible for a particular movement

Answer 24

Prime mover

Question 25

Inward rotation of the forearm causing the radius to cross over the ulna

Answer 25

Supination

Question 26

Fluid filled space at a synapse between neurons

Answer 26

Synaptic cleft

Question 27

Muscles cooperating with another muscle or muscle group to produce a desired movement

Answer 27

Synergist

Question 28

Cord of dense fibrous tissues attaching muscle to bone

Answer 28

tendons