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1
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The sarcolemma is a muscle fiber that?

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Special proteins that allow AP conduction

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2
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Sarcoplasm is and contains what?

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Cytoplasm of a muscle fiber or cell that contains myoglobin ( what makes you red) and glycogen ( long chains of glucose)

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3
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Sarcomere is ?

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Smallest contractile unit of a muscle fiber composed of actin and myosin

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4
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Is actin the thin or thick filament

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Thin.

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5
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What are the 2 actin proteins?

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1.Tropomyosin (long filament) extending over openings in actin @rest
2. Trompin (small protein) that attaches to tromysin and has a Ca+ binding site

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6
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When a muscle fiber receives an AP signaling contraction, what happens?

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Ca+ is released in the sarcoplasm

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7
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Is tropnin the only actin protein that changes shape when binding to Ca+

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No, once tropnin changes shape tropomysin changes as well because the are attached

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8
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Sarcomere Anatomy: H-Zone consists only of?

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Myosin

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9
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I-Band consists only of?

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Actin

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10
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A-Band

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Contains a WHOLE myosin and an overlapping actin

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11
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Muscles rely on a what to do what?

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A motor unit to send signals to stimulate contraction

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Step 1 of Muscle Contraction:

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An AP is sent along an axon to stimulate muscle contraction

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Step 2 of Muscle Contraction:

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When the AP reaches the axon terminal, Ca+ proteins in the terminal open and Ca+ enters

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Step 3 of Muscle Contraction:

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Ca+ binds to the synaptic vesicles and causes them to move to the axon terminal mem. releasing ACh

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15
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Step 4 of Muscle Contraction:

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ACh moves across the synaptic cleft by diffusion to the mother end plate

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16
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Step 5 of Muscle Contraction:

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ACh bind to its receptors opening the the receptor causing Na+ to rush into the muscle fiber

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17
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Myofibrils are wrapped w/ a spider web like ‘’shawl’’ called?

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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18
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Step 6 of Muscle Contraction:

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AP continues to T tubule is reached then stimulates a cisternae to release Ca+

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19
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Step 7 of Muscle Contraction:

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Ca+ binds to troponin that changes shape while tromyosin changes change also

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20
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Step 8 of Muscle Contraction:

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Myosin binds to actin causing a ratchet

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21
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Step 9 of Muscle Contraction:

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Sarcomere shortens until AP is stopped or Sarcomere reaches max contraction

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22
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How many ways can you steps can you stop an AP?

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3

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23
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Stopping AP steps

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  1. Stop AP along axon
  2. Remove ACh from synaptic cleft
  3. Ca+ must be removed
24
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What are the 3 ways to remove ACh?

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  1. Diffuse
    2.AChE
  2. Storing it in synaptic vessel
25
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What 3 ways remove Ca+?

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  1. Store it
    2.allow it bind it it’s Ca+ proteins (calsequestin or calmodulin)
26
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Optimal Sarcomere placement?

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Where actin just over lies myosin heads

27
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Overly contracted Sarcomere?

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When actin is already close to myosin and little additional room is available to move a-disc closer to myosin

28
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Overly stretched Sarcomere?

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When actin barely overlaps myosin heads making it difficult to shorten a muscle

29
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Latent period is

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When a relaxed muscle receives the signal to contract

30
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Treppe is ? Tetanus is ?

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More rapid stimuli and a constant stimuli

31
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Muscle tone is

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A slight state of contraction @ all times ( erector spinae )

32
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Isotonic contraction

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When a muscle maintains a constant tension as they change lengths
Eccentric isotonic contraction -muscle lengthens to bear weight
Concentric isotonic contraction - muscle shortens as it bears weight

33
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What 3 ways does muscle obtain ATP?

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  1. Cellular respiration
  2. Fermentation
  3. Creating kinase
34
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What are the 2 parts of the nervous system?

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CNS and PNS

35
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Describe the afferent division

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Sends info about stimuli from extremities to the CNS
Has 2 parts somatic brings stimuli from skin, muscle, & joints
Visceral afferent bring stimuli from organs like heart lungs etc

36
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Describe efferent division

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Somatic motor sends decisions to glands and skeletal muscles
Autonomic sends decisions from CNS to visceral specifically cardiac & smooth

37
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Autonomic has 2 parts describe them

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Sympathetic NS is freight or flight
Parasympathetic NS brings the body back down, regulate homeostatic

38
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What do neurons specifically do?

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Send and receive info

39
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What do glial cells specifically do?

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Keep environment ideal allowing normal neuron function

40
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What are the 3 parts of a neuron

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Dendrites, cell body, and axon

41
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Nissel bodies

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Groups of rough endoplasmic reticulum

42
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What is difference between unmyelinated axons and myelinated axons?

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Unmyelinated send ‘’slow AP’’ while myelinated send faster

43
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Schwann cells are..

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Numerous wraps around the axon

44
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Nodes of ranvier

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Open axon mem. sections btw. Schwann cells

45
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Myelin sheath

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Many layers of cell mem. wrapped tightly around axon

46
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What are the 4 types of glial cells of CNS

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Astrocyte, microglia, oligodendrocytes, ependymal

47
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What are the 2 types of glial cells in the PNS

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Satellite and Schwann cells

48
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Groups/clusters of cell bodies in the CNS are called and in the PNS are called?

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CNS-nuclei
PNS-ganglia

49
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Groups/Clusters of Axons

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CNS-tracts
PNS-nerve

50
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White matter consist of

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Myelinated axon

51
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Grey matter consist of

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Dendrites, soma, unmyelinated

52
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Multipolar neuron is

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Neurons with multiple dendrites and 1 axon

53
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Bipolar neuron is

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Neuron with 1 axon and 1 dendrites

54
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Unipolar neuron

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Neuron with 1 extension

55
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Presynaptic vs postsynaptic

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Before synapse vs after synapse

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