Muscles: Chicken, Slow/Fast and more Flashcards

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1
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  1. When muscles receive messages from the nervous system, they *
A

contract and shorten

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  1. Skeletal muscle can
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only contract

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3
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  1. Where is a extensor
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It is near the leg

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4
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  1. Where is the tricep braci
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Under the bicep bracii

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5
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  1. Where is the wrist
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Right before the wing tip

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  1. Where is the upper arm
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Above the lower arm

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7
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  1. Fast twitch muscle
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has fewer mitochondria than dark meat

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8
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  1. Glucose in your cells provides energy by breaking down into *
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ATP

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9
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To straighten the arm at the elbow, the bicep muscle ______ and the triceps muscle ________.

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returns to its original length; contracts

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