Muscular System Flashcards
0
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4 characteristics
A
Contractibility
Extensibility
Elasticity
Excitability
1
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Functions: ms. Hot
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Movement, support, heart, organ regulation, thermogenesis
2
Q
Contractility
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Ability of a muscle to shorten
3
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Extensibility
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Ability to stretch and not be damaged
4
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Elasticity
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Ability to stretch and return to original shape
5
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Excitability
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Ability to respond to electrical stimuli
6
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Types
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Skeletal, cardiac, smooth
7
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Skeletal
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Voluntary, striated
8
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Cardiac
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Involuntary, striated
9
Q
Smooth
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Involuntary and non striated
10
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Intercalated
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Skeletal
11
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Origen
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Most proximal part, non movable, growing into bone
12
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Insertion
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Where it can move n such
13
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Thin
A
Actin
14
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Thick
A
Myosin
