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What are the muscles 4 major functional properties?

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Contractility, Excitability, Extensibility, Elasticity

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What does it mean for a muscle to have “contractility”?

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The ability of muscle cells to forcefully shorten

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What does it mean for a muscle to have “excitability”?

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The ability to respond to a stimulus, which may be delivered from a motor neuron or a hormone

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What does it mean for a muscle to have “Extensibility”?

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the ability of a muscle to be stretched

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What does it mean for a muscle to have “elasticity”?

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The ability to return to normal length after a stretch

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Where is the EPIMYSIUM in the muscle cell?

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dense irregular connective tissue which covers the entire muscle

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Where and what is the PERIMYSIUM on a muscle cell?

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connective tissue that groups muscle fibers into bundles or fascicles

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Where and what is ENDOMYSIUM in muscle cell?

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connective tissue that surrounds a muscle cell

* key element that separates single muscle fibers from one another.

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How do muscles grow bigger?

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Hypertrophy - increase in diameter more proteins in cell (myofibrils sarcomeres and nuclei from satellite cells)

*Connective tissue and sarcoplasmic hypertrophy

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What is Titan?

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Protein that gives muscles ability to stretch and recoil

Z disk to M line

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What are the 3 proteins that make up actin?

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Globular
Actin
Troponin

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Where is Ca2+ stored in muscle fiber?

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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What are 3 important properties of myosin heads?

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  1. Bind to actin
  2. Can bend and straighten during contraction
  3. Heads are ATPase which break down ATP
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Neurotransmitters can bind to what and cause what?

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Ligand gated ion channels and inhibit or excite an action potential

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From muscle to myofilament, describe the components large to small

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Muscle -> Fascicles ->Muscle fiber/cell -> myofibrils -> myofilaments

Myofibril is numerous sarcomeres

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What are the 4 phases of contraction and relaxation?

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  • *Excitation** - Nerve action potentials lead to muscle action potentials (presynaptic terminal to post)
  • *Excitation-contraction coupling** - Action potentials in sarcolemma (release of Ca2+ that binds to troponin) that lead to activation of myofilaments
  • *Contraction -** Myosin attaches to action and power stroke (contraction)
  • *Relaxation -** Muscle fiber relaxes and returns to original length
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What is a synapse?

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A point where a nerve fiber meets its target cell (could be another neuron or effector such as a gland or skeletal muscle)

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What are the 2 major gated ion channels in skeletal muscles?

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Ligand and voltage gated channels

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When does depolarization start?

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When threshold is met, then Na2+ gated channels open (more postive)

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When does repolarization start?

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Between 30-40mv, in this range voltage gated Ca2+ close and K+ open (more negative)

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What does acetylcholinesterase do?

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Its an enzyme attached to post synaptic membrane, removes ACH from synaptic cleft by breaking it down into acetic acid and choline

(Choline goes back into presynaptic terminal with Ca2+ to be recycled and acetic acid diffuses away)

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22
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What is spastic paralysis?
Aka - Tetanus / lockjaw

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A state of continual contraction

when something binds with acetylcholinesterase and prevents it from degrading ACH

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What is flaccid paralysis?

Botox

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  • State in which muscles cannot contract
  • Blocks release of ACH
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What parts of the sarcomere move and get smaller during a muscle contraction?

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Z disks move inward, I bands and H zone get smaller

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What are 3 ATP dependent events required for muscle relaxation?

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  1. Na+/K+ pump actively moves ions to restore RMP
  2. Detach myosin heads from action
  3. Return Ca2+ to sarcoplasmic reticulum
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What are the 3 phases of myogram?

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Lag
Contraction
Relaxation

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What is the lag or latent phase of a muscle twitch?

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The time between the activation of a motor neuron until the muscle contraction occurs

1-2msec

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What is the contraction phase of a muscle twitch?

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Cross bridges form, sarcomeres shorten and muscle contracts

20msec

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What is the Relaxation phase of a muscle twitch?

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Myosin releases from action and the tension decreases. Ca2+ is transported back into sarcoplasmic reticulum

This phase is the longest

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30
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What are 2 major types of muscle contraction?

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ISOTONIC
ISOMETRIC

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What is an ISOMETRIC contraction?

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SAME LENGTH, change in tension

Example, Holding a dumbbell static. Picking up something that is too heavy

32
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What is an ISOTONIC contraction?

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SAME TENSION, change in length

Maintain constant tension as the muscle changes length

Ex. bicep curl

33
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What is treppe?

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Staircase effect.

the gradual increase in muscular contraction following rapidly repeated stimulation

34
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What is wave summation

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stimulating a muscle cell before it has relaxed from a previous stimulus

35
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What is the difference between incomplete and complete tetanus?

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Incomplete tetanus has a relaxation phase during contractions and complete tetanus does not have a relaxation phase during contractions

36
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What are concentric contractions?

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Muscle shortening as it maintains tension, to move a load

Lifting a backpack

37
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What are eccentric contractions?

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Muscle lengthens as it maintains tension, lowering a load

38
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How many power strokes can happen per sec?

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5

each stroke utilized 1 ATP

39
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What are the 2 ways to increase the force of a muscle contraction?

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Summation - stimulating before it relaxes
Recruitment - different motor units are activated

40
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What are slow twitch muscle fibers?

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  • Contract slowly / can work for a long time
  • Aerobic respiration (Oxygen)
  • Lots of blood vessels and mitochondria
  • Rich in myoglobin which gives reddish color
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What are fast twitch muscle fibers?

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  • Contract quickly
  • Tire very quickly / doesn’t last long
  • Anaerobic respiration

-Fewer mitochondria, blood vessels and myoglobin which gives them a whitish color

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What are the 3 sources that produce ATP?

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-Creatine phosphate - which donates a phosphate to ADP = ATP

-Lactic acid fermentation under anaerobic conditions - Glycolysis → 2 ATP, 2 pyruvate, 2 NADH → 2 pyruvate produce 2 lactic acid (2 ATP)

-Aerobic respiration - Requires oxygen. Glycolysis→ Pyruvate→Citric acid cycle→ electron transport chain → (36 ATP)

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What are the 3 sources that produce ATP?

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-Creatine phosphate - (no oxygen - 10 sec) which donates a phosphate to ADP = ATP

-Lactic acid fermentation under anaerobic conditions - (no oxygen - 3 min) Glycolysis → 2 ATP, 2 pyruvate, 2 NADH → 2 pyruvate produce 2 lactic acid (2 ATP)

-Aerobic respiration - (Requires oxygen - hours) Glycolysis→ Pyruvate→Citric acid cycle→ electron transport chain → (36 ATP)

44
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What are the 3 types of muscle fatigue?

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Psychological - perceives that cant do it

Muscular - ATP depletion

Synaptic - lack of ACH

45
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What is creatine kinase?

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Transfers a phosphate from creatine to ADP = ATP

46
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What are the characteristics of smooth muscle?

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  • Spindle shaped
  • Single nuclei centrally located
  • Gap junctions join some together
  • More action than myosin
  • T tubules are called Caveolae
  • Z disks are dense bodies
47
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What is the process of smooth muscle contraction?

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  1. Hormones’ binds with receptor → activates G protein which opens calcium channel
  2. Ca2+ then binds to calmodulin
  3. This activates myosin kinase which adds a phosphate to myosin which can bind to actin
48
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How does smooth muscle relax?

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Myosin phosphatase will come in and remove the P from myosin head and it will relax

49
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What is an agonist muscle?

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Muscle that contracts or shortens

aka Prime mover

50
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What is an antagonist muscle?

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  • opposite the agonist
  • Relaxes and lengthens as agonist shortens and contracts

Can control speed of movement

51
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What is a synergist?

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Other muscles that work together with prime mover to cause a movement

Prime mover - plays major role in accomplishing movement
Fixators - Stabilize a joint / prevent movement of origin

52
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What pattern of fascicle is the picture?

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Convergent aka triangular

The origin (attachment to fixed bone) is wider than the point of insertion

Ex. pectoralis major

53
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What pattern of fascicle is in this picture? definition and example

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Circular

Sphincter to help regulate an opening

ex. eye

54
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What pattern of fascicle is in this picture? definition and example

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Fusiform
A muscle that has a shape of spindle, which is being wider in the middle and narrowing towards both ends

Ex. biceps brachii

55
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What pattern of fascicle is in this picture? definition and example

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Parallel

Fascicles that run parallel to one another

Ex. Sternocleidomastoid

56
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What pattern of fascicle is in this picture? definition

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Unipennate

the muscle fibers or fascicles are all in one side of the tendon

57
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What pattern of fascicle is in this picture? definition and example

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Bipennate

in which the fibers converge from both sides to a central tendon

58
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What pattern of fascicle is in this picture? definition

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Multipennate

fascicles that insert on multiple tendons tapering towards a common tendon, like multiple feathers converging on a central point.

59
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What are the characteristics used to name muscles?

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Location, size, shape, orientation of fascicles, origin and insertion, number of heads, function

60
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What is a
lever
Fulcrum
Weight/resistance

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  • *Lever** is rigid shaft or bone
  • *Fulcrum** is pivot point or joint
  • *Weight** is force of gravity of body or object being moved
61
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What is a class I lever?

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Seesaw
Fulcrum between force and weight

62
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What is a class II lever?

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Weight is between fulcrum and pull
Wheelburrow

63
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What is a class III lever?

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Pull located between fulcrum and weight

Person using a shovel

*most numerous and most powerful

64
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Where on the axon is dense with voltage gated ion channels?

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Axon hill lock
Nodes of Ranvier

65
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What is the somatic sensory division?

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Carries signals from receptors in skin, muscles, bones and joints

66
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What is the visceral sensory division?

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Carries signals from the viscera of thoracic and abdominal cavities

67
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What is the sensory afferent division?

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Carries signals from various receptors to CNS

68
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What is the motor efferent division?

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Carries signals from CNS to effectors

69
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What is the somatic motor division

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CNS to skeletal muscle

70
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What is the visceral / automonic division?

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CNS to cardiac muscle, smooth muscle or glands

71
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What is spatial summation?

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occurs as stimuli are applied simultaneously but in different areas.

72
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What is temporal summation?

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Successive stimuli on one nerve

73
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What is IPSP?

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Inhibitory Post Synaptic Potential

Makes more negative // away from action potential

*GABA / glycine / Cl- or K+ (hyperpolarization)

74
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What is EPSP?

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Excitatory Post synaptic Potential

*Brings potential less negative and more likely to fire an action potential

Glutamine / Acetacholine / Na+ channel opens

75
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What is Autorhythmicity

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Generating its own rhythm //on its own without outside stimulus

76
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What are the 3 types of skeletal muscle fibers?

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  • *TYPE 1 - Slow oxidative (SO)** - Contract slowly and use aerobic respiration
  • *TYPE 2A - Fast oxidative (FO)** - Contract fast and use aerobic respiration/ more prone to fatigue
  • *TYPE 2 B- Fast glycolic (FG)** - Fast contractions and use anaerobic glycolysis (fatigue more quickly)