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Chapter 8 Part 1 Flashcards

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Shortens the muscles and causes movement

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Isotonic

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Slight, constant contraction during consciousness

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Tone

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2
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Increases muscle tension but no movement occurs

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Isometric

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3
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Continuous sustained contraction allowing smooth movement

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Tetnus

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“Stair step” increase in contraction with repeated stimulation before muscle has completely relaxed

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Wave

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5
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Multinucleated muscle tissue

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Skeletal

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6
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Muscle tissue found in blood vessels and stomach

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Smooth

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7
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Voluntary muscle tissue

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Skeletal

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8
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Muscle tissue branched with intercalated discs

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Cardiac

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9
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Spindle-shaped muscle tissue

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Smooth

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10
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Muscle tissue that is cylindrical in shape and is un branched

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Skeletal

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Muscle tissues that are striated

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Skeletal

Cardiac

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12
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Muscle tissues that are involuntary

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Cardiac

Smooth

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13
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Muscle tissue found in the heart

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Cardiac

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14
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Muscle tissue that is un striated

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Smooth

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15
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Muscle tissue usually attached to bones

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Skeletal

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16
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Muscle tissue with the longest individual cells

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Skeletal

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17
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Nonstriated muscle tissue

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Smooth

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18
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Does the length of the actin and myosin filaments change during contraction

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No

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19
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This is essential for maintaining posture

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Muscle tone

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20
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The third phase or period of a muscle twitch contraction

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Relaxation period

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These structures in the enlarged bulb of an axon provide energy to make ACh

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Mitochondria

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State of limpness in which muscle tone is lost

23
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The cytoplasm of a muscle fiber

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Sacroplasm

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This tissue is responsible for most of the heat production going on In our body

25
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Skeletal muscles have a good blood supply

26
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Skeletal muscles have a good nerve supply

27
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All the muscle fibers In a motor unit must contract or relax together

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The movement of these ions from outside the sarcolemma to inside causes an action potential to begin to move along

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Sodium ions

29
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These ions are necessary to trigger muscles contraction

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Calcium ions

30
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Dietary supplement that some studies show may result in more lifting power

31
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The storage form of glucose in our liver and muscles

32
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This anaerobic process provides enough energy for 30-40 seconds of maximal activity

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Glycolysis

33
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Connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone

34
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The source of energy for muscle contraction

35
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Another name for an action potential

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Nerve impulse

36
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This is required by mitochondria in the aerobic production of energy for muscle contraction

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Another name for muscle cells

38
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The cell membrane of Muscle cells

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Sarcolemma

39
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Alternate light and dark bands running through the sarcoplasm of a muscle cell

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Striations

40
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A single nerve fiber and the muscle fibers it supples

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Motor unit

41
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A chemical necessary to transfer the nerve impulse to stimulate the Muscle

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Acetylcholine

42
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The time between the application of a stimulus and the actual shortening of a muscle

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Latent period

43
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Two types of skeletal muscle contractions needed for normal body movements

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Isotonic

Tetanus

44
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The connection between a nerve fiber and a muscle fiber

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Neuromuscular junction

45
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A brief contraction of all muscle fibers of a motor unit in response to a single stimulus

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Twitch contraction

46
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Most of ca2+ is found here when a muscle fiber is relaxed

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

47
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A stiffening of the muscles after death due to ca+2 leaking out of the Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Rigor mortis

48
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The neurotransmitter released from the synaptic vesicles of neurons supplying skeletal muscle

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Acetylcholine

49
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The thick myofilament that had enlarged heads to form cross bridges

Physiology-organization Of The Human Body (9 decks)

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