Muscular system Flashcards

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1
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Scientific study of muscles

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Myology

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3 types of muscles

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  • skeletal muscle
  • cardiac muscle
  • smooth muscle
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Striated and voluntary

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Skeletal muscle

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striated and involuntary

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cardiac muscle

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non-striated and involuntary

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Smooth muscle

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4 properties of muscular tissue

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  • electrical excitability
  • contractility
  • extensibility
  • elasticity
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Muscular tissue’s property to respond to stimulus

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electrical excitability

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muscular tissue’s property to shorten

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contractility

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muscular tissue’s property that allows it to be stretched

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extensibility

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Muscular tissue’s property to be able to recoil to original resting length

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elasticity

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Function of MS

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  • produce body movements
  • stabilizing body positions
  • storing and moving substances within the body
  • thermogenesis
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Attached to the bones and moves parts of the skeleton

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SKELETAL MUSCLE

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  • Striated
  • Voluntary
  • Limited capacity for regeneration
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SKELETAL MUSCLE

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Alternating light and dark bands

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Striated

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Means Conscious control

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Voluntary

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  • Small number of cells that can undergo cell division
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Limited capacity for regeneration

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17
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Dense layer of connective tissue that surrounds entire muscle

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Epimysium

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Connective tissue that surrounds each fascicle

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Perimysium

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Delicate connective tissue (reticular fibers and basal lamina) that surrounds each muscle cell (fiber)

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Endomysium

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Histology of muscle

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  • cylindrical muscle fibers parallel to one another (elongated/cylindrical with blunt ends)
  • Multi-nucleated (peripheral [at the sides])
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21
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What do you call the plasma membrane in muscles?

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Sarcolemma

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22
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Invaginations of the sarcolemma

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Transverse tubules

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23
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Cytoplasm for muscles?

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Sarcoplasm

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24
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Where synthesis of ATP takes place

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Glycogen

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25
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This binds O2 molecules

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Myoglobin

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26
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Plays a role in muscle contraction

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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27
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This is a filament

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Myofibrils

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Two types of myofibrils

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Thick filament, thin filament

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29
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basic functional unit of striated muscle fibers; separated by Z discs

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Sarcomeres

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30
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extends the entire length of the thick filaments.

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  • A band
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31
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center of each A band

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H zone

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end of each A band; contains the rest of the thin filaments

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  • I band
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33
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necessary for contraction to take place; delivered by a motor neuron

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Muscle action potential

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34
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single motor neuron + the muscle fibers it stimulates

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Motor Unit

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synapse between a motor neuron and a skeletal muscle fiber

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Neuromuscular junction (NMJ)

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nerve cells that carry action potentials to muscle fibers

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Motor neuron

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37
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end of nerve cell (axon)

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Presynaptic terminal

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38
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muscle fiber membrane

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Postsynaptic membrane

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space between presynaptic terminal and postsynaptic membrane

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  • Synaptic cleft
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  • in presynaptic terminal
  • store and release neurotransmitters
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Synaptic vesicle

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41
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  • chemicals that stimulate or inhibit a muscle
    fiber
  • Ex. Acetylcholine
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Neurotransmitter

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42
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3 sources of ATP production

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  • creatine phosphate
  • anaerobic glycolysis
  • aerobic respiration (oxidative phosphorylation)
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– transfer of phosphate molecule to ADP to form new ATP molecule (15 seconds)

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Creatine phosphate

44
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use of glucose to yield 2 ATP(2 minutes)

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Anaerobic glycolysis

45
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prolonged activity (longer than half a minute) uses oxygen to produce ATP (36 ATP from each glucose molecule)

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Aerobic respiration (oxidative Phosphorylation)

46
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_____ is a brief contraction in response to a single
action potential

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Twitch contraction

47
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_____is the increased
strength of a contraction that occurs when a second stimulus arrives before the muscle has completely relaxed after a previous stimulus.

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Wave summation

48
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3 types of skeletal muscle fibers

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  • slow oxidative (SO) fibers (red fibers)
  • fast oxidative-glycolytic (FOG) fibers
  • fast glycolytic (FG) fibers (white)
49
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Fiber high in myoglobin content, many blood capillaries, large mitochondria

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Slow oxidative (SO) fibers (Red fibers)

50
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Fiber in which aerobic respiration occurs

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Slow oxidative (SO) fibers (Red fibers)

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Largest fibers high myoglobin and glycogen content

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Fast oxidative-glycolytic (FOG) fibers

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  • generates ATP by aerobic respiration
  • increased intracellular glycogen level: generate ATP by anaerobic glycolysis
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Fast oxidative-glycolytic (FOG) fibers

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Fiber with low myoglobin content, high glycogen content

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Fast glycolytic (FG) fibers (White)

54
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fiber that generate ATP by glycolysys

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Fast glycolytic (FG) fibers (White)

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  • Slow contraction speed.
  • High resistance to fatigue.
  • Primarily aerobic (oxidative) metabolism.
  • Rich in mitochondria, capillaries, and myoglobin (which gives them a red color).
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Type I Fibers (Slow-Twitch, Oxidative)

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  • Best suited for endurance activities like long-distance running or cycling.
  • Soleus Muscle: Located in the lower leg, involved in maintaining posture and endurance activities like walking and standing.
  • Erector Spinae: A group of muscles that run along the spine, responsible for maintaining posture and providing stability during slow, sustained activities
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Type I Fibers (Slow-Twitch, Oxidative)

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  • Faster contraction speed than Type I fibers.
  • Intermediate resistance to fatigue.
  • Capable of both aerobic (oxidative) and anaerobic (glycolytic) metabolism.
  • Moderate amounts of mitochondria, capillaries, and myoglobin.
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Type IIa Fibers (Fast-Twitch, Oxidative-Glycolytic)

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  • Suited for activities that require both power and endurance, such as middledistance running.
  • Quadriceps Femoris (especially the Vastus Lateralis):A muscle group in the thigh that is involved in activities requiring both power and endurance, such as cycling or running.
  • Gastrocnemius Muscle (Intermediate Fibers): This muscle also has __________, contributing to both explosive and moderately sustained activities.
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Type IIa Fibers (Fast-Twitch, Oxidative-Glycolytic)

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  • Fastest contraction speed.
  • Low resistance to fatigue.
  • Primarily anaerobic metabolism.
  • Fewer mitochondria, capillaries, and less myoglobin (which gives them a lighter color)
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Type IIb Fibers (Fast-Twitch, Glycolytic)

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  • Best suited for short, explosive movements like sprinting or weightlifting.
  • Gastrocnemius Muscle (Fast-twitch Portion): Particularly the lateral head, which is involved in explosive movements like sprinting or jumping.
  • Muscles of the Upper Limb (e.g., Biceps Brachii): Especially in activities like weightlifting, where quick, forceful contractions are required.
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Type IIb Fibers (Fast-Twitch, Glycolytic)

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2 types of muscle contraction

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  • Isotonic contractions
  • Isometric contractions
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  • In this contraction, Myofilaments are able to slide past each other during contractions
  • The muscle shortens
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Isotonic contraction

63
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In this contraction:
* Tension in the muscle increases
* The muscle is unable to shorten

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Isometric contractions

64
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type of muscle located in the heart

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cardiac muscle

65
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  • Mono or Binucleated centrally located nucleus
  • Exhibits branching (Cylindrical/elongated with branching ends)
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Cardiac Muscle

66
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  • hold the muscle fibers together and allow muscle action potentials to quickly spread from one cardiac muscle fiber to another
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Intercalated discs

67
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Cardiac muscle tissue contracts when stimulated by its own
_____ fibers

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autorhythmic

68
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Cardiac muscle depends greatly on _______ to generate ATP.

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aerobic cellular respiration

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Type of muscle found in internal organs and blood vessels

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Smooth muscle

70
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  • found in the walls of hollow viscera and of small blood vessels
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Visceral (single-unit) smooth muscle tissue

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found in large blood vessels, large airways to the lungs, arrector pili muscles, and the eye

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Multiunit smooth muscle tissue

72
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Contraction and relaxation longer in ______

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smooth muscle

73
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__________ is a state of continuous partial contraction of smooth muscle tissue

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Smooth muscle tone

74
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Muscle that is fusiform in shape

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smooth muscle

75
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3 parts of a muscle

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  • origin
  • belly
    *insertion
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  • Proximal fixed
    attachment
  • nonmovable end
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origin

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  • widest portion
  • middle
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belly

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*Distal movable attachment
* movable end

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Insertion

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7 muscular forms/shape

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  1. fusiform
  2. quadrate
  3. triangular
  4. unipennate
  5. bipennate
  6. longitudinal
  7. multipennate
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The greater the length of muscle fibers, the ____ the range of motion

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wider

81
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The greater the number of muscle fibers, the ___and ____ the action of the muscle

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greater, more powerful

82
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4 types of muscles

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  1. prime mover
  2. antagonist
  3. synergist
  4. fixator
83
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muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement

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prime mover

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muscle that opposes or reverses a prime mover

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antagonist

85
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muscle that aids a prime mover in a movement and helps prevent rotation

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synergist

86
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stabilizes the origin of a prime mover

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Fixator

87
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nomenclature

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origin and insertion of muscle + shape of muscle + action of the muscle

88
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7 major descriptive categories of naming skeletal muscles

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  • direction of fibers
  • location
  • size
  • number of origins
  • shape
  • origin and insertion
  • action
89
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Autoimmune disease that causes chronic, progressive damage to the NMJ (neuromuscular junction)

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Myasthenia gravis

90
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In this clinical disorder, immune system inappropriately produces antibodies that bind and block some ACh receptors

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Myasthenia gravis

91
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  • Weakness of eye muscle (Double vision)
  • Difficulty in swallowing, later chewing and talking
  • Muscle of the limbs may be involved
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Myasthenia Gravis

92
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  • Inherited muscle destroying disease that causes progressive degeneration of skeletal muscle fibers.
  • DUCHENNE MUSCUKAR DYSTROPHY
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Muscular dystrophy

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  • X Chromosomes: boys : ages 2 and 5
  • Falls often, difficulty running, jumping
  • 12 y/o unable to walk
  • Respiratory and cardiac failure: 20 and 30 y/o
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Muscular dystrophy

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  • Painful, non articular, rheumatic disorder
  • 25 to 50 y/o
  • 15 x more common in women
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Fibromyalgia

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  • Affects fibrous connective tissue components of muscle, tendons and ligaments
  • Pain that results from gentle pressure at specific areas “tender points”.
  • Even without pressure, pain, tenderness and stiffness of muscles, tendons and surrounding soft tissues.
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Fibromyalgia

96
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This is s due to increased production of myofibrils, mitochondria, sarcoplasmic reticulum, and other organelles. It results from very forceful, repetitive muscular activity, such as strength training.

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Muscular hypertrophy

97
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This is a decrease in size of individual muscle fibers as a result of progressive loss of myofibrils. Atrophy that occurs because muscles are not used is termed disuse atrophy

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Muscular atrophy

98
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Refers to sudden involuntary contradiction of a single muscle in a large group of muscle

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Spasm

99
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Painful spasmodic contraction

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Cramp

100
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Spasmodic twitching, involuntary

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Tic

101
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Rhythmic, involuntary purposeless contraction that produces a quivering or shaking movements

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Tremor

102
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Involuntary brief twitch of an entire motor unit that is visible under the skin

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Fasciculations

103
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Spontaneous contraction of a single muscle fiber that is not visible under the skin
* destructions of motor neurons

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Fibrillation