Muscle Contractions Flashcards
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Axon terminal
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Axons divide and end in an axon terminal
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Motor neuron
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Nerve cells that activate skeletal muscle cells
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Action potentional
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Message from nerve
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Motor end plate
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Region of sarcolemma facing neuromuscular junction
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Acetylcholine
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Neurotransmitter involved in muscle contraction
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Neurotransmitter
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Released by first cell to communicate with second cell
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Synaptic cleft
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Gap between two cells
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Synapse
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Region where communication occurs between 2 neurons or neuron and target
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Neuromuscular junction
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Where the muscular and nervous system combine to control muscles
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Synaptic vesicles
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Sac-like containers that have neurotransmitters
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Depolarization
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The inside is positive compared to the outside
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Troponin
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A protein that binds with actin
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Tropomyosin
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A protein that’s bound to actin
