Chapter 8 Flashcards
What is the name of connective tissue that covers the fasiculi?
perimysium
what is the name of the neurotransmitter at muscular junction?
sitocolin
- the sarcomere is between what two discs?
between two z discs
what is the muscle tissue of an individual muscle fiber?
endomysium
what is the name of the space between the axon and the sarcolemma?
neuromuscular junction
- muscle fatigue is caused by?
..
a sustained contraction is called?
tetnus
what is it called to increase diameter of a muscle?
hypertrophy
- pick striated and voluntary muscles?
striated=striped muscle that is attached to bone
voluntary=composed of striated fibers
define a motor unit?
one nerve and all the muscle fibers that it touches
- point of attachment of a muscle to a stationary bone is called?
Origin
- difference between picking up a pencil or a thirty pound weight is?
motor units are involved
what is the sarcolemma?
cell membrane
- an inflammation of tendons is?
tendonitis
- thin filaments are composed of what?
actin
- skeletal muscle is striated and voluntary
true
17 biproduct of contraction is heat
true
antagonist are prime movers
False
the muscle attachment that moves most is during contraction is?
the insertion
Skeletal muscles are not well supplied with nerves and blood vessels.
false