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Muscular System
Muscular System
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Undergraduate 1
07/11/2015

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Term
Amount of skeletal muscles in the body
Definition
600
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Amount of body weight is skeletal muscle
Definition
40-50%
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Connective tissue sheath that envelops bundles of muscle fibers
Definition
Perimysium
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A broad, flat sheet of connective tissue
Definition
Aponeurosis
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General term for fibrous connective tissue found under the skin and surrounding many deeper organs, including skeletal muscle and bone.
Definition
Fascia
Term
Fascicles that radiate out from a small to a wider point of attachment. (pectoral muscles)
Definition
Convergent muscles
Term
Numerous interconnecting quill-like fascicles converge on a common point of attachment (deltoid)
Definition
Multipennate
Term
Fascicles may be close to parallel in the center but converge to a tendon at one or both ends. (brachioradialis)
Definition
Fusiform muscles
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"Sphincters" circle body tubes or openings (orbicularis oris)
Definition
Circular muscles
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Point of attachment that moves when muscles contracts
Definition
Insertion
Term
Muscles or groups of muscles that directly perform a specific function
Definition
Prime movers (agonists)
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Muscles that, when contracting, directly oppose prime movers
Definition
Antagonists
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Structures and systems other than ____________ have a role in maintaining posture
Definition
Muscle and bones
Term
Responsible for determining muscle tone and also regulation and coordination of the amount of pull exerted by individual muscles
Definition
Nervous system
Term
Respiratory, digestive, excratory and __________ all contribute to maintain posture
Definition
Endocrine sytems
Term
Muscles maintain property
Definition
Tonicity
Term
General functions of the muscular system include:
Definition
Movement, heat production and posture
Term
Ability to be stimulated
Definition
Excitability (irritability)
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Ability to contract, or shorten, and produce body movement
Definition
Contractability
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These are called fibers because of their threadlike shape
Definition
Muscle cells
Term
Plasma membrane of muscle fibers containing cytoplasm
Definition
Sarcolemma
Term
Basic contractile unit of muscle fibers
Definition
Sarcomere
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Allow electrical impulses traveling along the sarcolemma to move deeper into the cell
Definition
T tubules
Term
Triplet of tubules; a T tubule sandwiched between two sacs of SR
Definition
Triad
Term
A neurotransmitter released into a synapse, stimulate the receptors, and initiates an impulse in the sarcolemma causing muscle contractions
Definition
Acetylcholine (ACH)
Term
Hydrolosis of _____________ yields the energy required for muscular contraction
Definition
Adenosine triphosphate
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_______________ means "same tension"
Definition
Isotonic contraction
Term
___________ muscle shortens as it contracts
Definition
Concentric
Term
___________ muscle lengthens while contracting
Definition
Eccentric
Term
Same length
Definition
Isometric contraction
Term
- Sustains each impulse longer than in skeletal muscle
- Does not run low on ATP or experience fatigue
- Is self stimulating
Definition
Cardiac muscle
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