Chapter Six - Muscles Flashcards

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Three types of muscles

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Skeletal, cardiac, smooth

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A motor neuron and all the muscle cells it stimulates

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Motor unit

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3
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The body has more than ___ skeletal muscles

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600

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4
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Muscles that must contract at the same time to cause movement

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Synergistic muscles

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5
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Movement is produced when one muscle of the pair contracts and the other relaxes

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Antagonistic muscles

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