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Muscular system Flashcards

1
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Prefixes myo and mys refer to

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Muscle

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2
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Prefix sarco refers to

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Flesh

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3
Q

Attached to bones, facial muscle

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Skeletal muscle

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4
Q

Wall of heart

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Cardiac muscle

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5
Q

Hallow visceral organ and its single nucleus

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Smooth muscle

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6
Q

Muscle cell

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Muscle fiber

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7
Q

have visible banding

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Striated

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8
Q

Enclose single muscle fiber

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Endomysium

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9
Q

wraps around a fascicle
(bundle) of muscle fibers

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Perimysium

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10
Q

Cover the entire skeletal muscle

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Epimysium

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11
Q

Cord like structure

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Tendons

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12
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Sheet like structure

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Aponeurosis

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13
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Specialized plasma membrane

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Sarcolemma

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14
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Long organelles inside muscle cell

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Myofibrils

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15
Q

specialized
smooth endoplasmic reticulum

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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16
Q

light band
 Contains only thin filaments

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I band

17
Q

dark band
 Contains the entire length of the thick filaments

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A band

18
Q

contractile unit of a
muscle fiber

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Sarcomere

19
Q

Thick filaments

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myosin filaments

20
Q

Thin filaments

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actin filaments

21
Q

Composed of the protein myosin
 Has ATPase enzymes
 Myosin filaments have heads (extensions, or cross
bridges)
 Myosin and actin overlap somewhat

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myosin filaments

22
Q

Composed of the protein actin
 Anchored to the Z disc

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actin filaments

23
Q

Stores and releases calcium
 Surrounds the myofibril

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)

24
Q

ability to receive and respond to a
stimulus

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Excitability

25
Q

ability to shorten when an adequate
stimulus is received

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Contractility

26
Q

ability of muscle cells to be stretched

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Extensibility

27
Q

ability to recoil and resume resting
length after stretching

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Elasticity

28
Q

one motor neuron and all the
skeletal muscle cells stimulated by that
neuron

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Motor unit

29
Q

Association site of axon
terminal of the motor neuron
and muscle

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Neuromuscular junction

30
Q

Gap between nerve and muscle
Nerve and muscle do not make
contact
Area between nerve and muscle
is filled with interstitial fluid

A

Synaptic cleft

31
Q

chemical released by nerve
upon arrival of nerve impulse

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Neurotransmitter

32
Q

The neurotransmitter for skeletal muscle is

A

acetylcholine (AcH)

33
Q

Sarcolemma becomes permeable to

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sodium
(Na+)

34
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35
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