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Module 4- Muscular Function and Aging Flashcards

1
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heart, branching chains

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cardiac

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bones, long

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skeletal muscle

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3
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in organs, spindle shaped

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smooth muscles

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4
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muscle

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thousand of muscle cells, connective tissue wrappings, blood vessels and nerve fibers

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5
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fasicle

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discrete bundles of muscle cells, segregated by a connective tissue sheath

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muscle fiber

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elongated multinucleate cell, banded appearance

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myofibril

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rod-like, composed of sarcomeres, adjacent myofibrils are aligned

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composed of myofilaments

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sarcomere

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9
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thick and thin

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myofilaments

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10
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general functions of muscles

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movement, posture, stabilize joints and generate heat

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a muscle that crosses on the LATERAL side of a joint produces

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abduction

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a muscle that crosses on the MEDIAL side of a joint produces

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adduction

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13
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anterior side produces

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flexion

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posterior side produces

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extension

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15
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muscle that opposes and reverse movement of the agonist

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antagonist

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16
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muscle that helps agonist by adding additional force or stabilization

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synergist

17
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inorganic components of bone mineral lose minerals, primarily calcium, becomes a thinned and weakened skeleton

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osteopenia

18
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reduced protein synthesis

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programmed theory and error theory
lost ability to correctly synthesize proteins

19
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why does demineralization occur

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because osteoblasts mature and become senescent osteocytes

20
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osteoporosis

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broken bones, pain in back

21
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osteoarthritis

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progressive degeneration of cartilage in synovial capsule
stiffness, pain

22
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gouty arthritis

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kidney disfunction and certain food, sharp pain around big toe

23
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rheumatoid arthritis

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autoimmune disease, inflammation and pain

24
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4 important functions muscle perform for the body

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movement, posture, stabilize joints, generate heat

25
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junction between the nervous system and the muscular system is termed

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neuromuscular junction

26
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skeletal muscles contract only stimulated by ?

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nervous system

27
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sliding filament action

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overlap of actin and myosin, calcium related, ATP

28
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what is linked to inactivity

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atrophy

29
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blood and adipose tissue are

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connective tissue

30
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epithelial tissue does

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protection, excretion and filtration

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