topic5:skeletal muscle Flashcards
1
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The goals of skeletal muscle
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produces movement, maintains posture, helps hold together joints, and
produce heat
2
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Connective tissue
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3
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fascicle
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a set of muscle fibers bound together by connective tissue
4
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myofibrils
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bundles of protein myofilaments that parallel through the muscle fiber
5
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sarcomere
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repeating organizational units of the myofilaments that make up a myofibril.
6
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myofilament
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cytoskeletal elements that are ultimately responsible for muscle contraction/cell shortening.
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