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        | uniform width and parallel fascicles |  | 
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        | triangular (convergent) muscles |  | Definition 
 
        | fan-shaped, broad at origin and tapering to a narrower insertion pectoralis major, temporali
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        | fascicles attached to one side of tendon ex: semimembranosus |  | 
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        | fascicles approach tendon from both sides |  | 
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        | form rings around certain body openings constrict opening when they contract |  | 
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        | multiple bipennate tendons coverage to form one tendon ex: deltoid |  | 
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        | feather shaped w/ tendons that runs up the middle of the muscle |  | 
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        | a band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscle |  | 
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        | very little separation b/w muscle and bone before attachment |  | 
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        | muscle fibers attach to a tendon or fascia first, and tendon/fascia attaches to bone |  | 
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        | connective tissue band that tendons from separate muscles pass under a CT band |  | 
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        | attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction |  | 
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        | attachment to movable bone |  | 
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        | effect produced by a muscle to produce or prevent movement |  | 
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        | muscle producing most force during a particular action |  | 
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        | muscle opposing the force of a particular action |  | 
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        | huge protein b/w sarcolemma and myofilaments |  | 
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        | Resting Membrane Potential |  | Definition 
 
        | charge difference across the plasma membrane |  | 
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        | smaller, slower nerve fibers activate smaller less powerful motor units activate as needed |  | 
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        | muscle that is outside a body part, organ, or bone |  | 
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        | large, less sensitive neurons for strength, many muscle fibers |  | 
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        | sometimes from from SR, most of time from ECF through gated channels in sarcolemma |  | 
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        | very little separation b/w muscle and bone before attachment |  | 
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        | blocks the active site of myosin in relaxed muscles |  | 
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        | too much ECF, so fiber becomes less excitable |  | 
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        | muscles transition to anaerobic fermentation to "buy time" until cardiopulmonary function can catch up with muscles' oxygen demand |  | 
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        | An oxygen-storing, pigmented protein in muscle cells. |  | 
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        | the junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron |  | 
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        | cold contracts smooth muscle, warm relaxes |  | 
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        | Cardiac muscle cells ability to contract on its own |  | 
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        | thick filaments linked by dark transverse protein complex at middle of H band |  | 
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        | uniform width and parallel fascicles |  | 
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        | form rings around certain body openings constrict opening when they contract |  | 
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        | record of muscle contraction (chart) |  | 
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        | thicker muscle forms more myosin-actin bridges more force |  | 
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        | multiple motor unit summation |  | Definition 
 
        | the relationship between increased stimulus strength and an increased number of contracting motor units |  | 
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        | stomach and bladder contract in response to stretch |  | 
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        | more muscle fibers at work mean more strength |  | 
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        | Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption |  | Definition 
 
        | Oxygen difference b/w need and end of exercise and resting O2 consumption |  | 
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        | local electrical change triggers a wave of excitation that travels along the muscle fiber |  | 
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        | Connective tissue surrounding a muscle fiber |  | 
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        | effect produced by a muscle to produce or prevent movement |  | 
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        | plasma membrane of muscle fiber |  | 
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        | "same length" contraction; change in tone w/o change in length as when maintaining joint position or holding heavy weight |  | 
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        | length-tension relationship |  | Definition 
 
        | optimal length of a muscle results in optimal force production |  | 
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        | muscle generates ammonia and in brain this inhibits motor neurons, so less output sent to the muscles |  | 
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        | light band where thick filaments don't reach in relaxed muscle |  | 
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        | slow twitch fibers (type I) |  | Definition 
 
        | adapted for endurance and fatigue resistance |  | 
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        | produce lots of ATP, require oxygen |  | 
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        | fibrous CT sheath covering whole muscle, continuous w/ tendon |  | 
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        | myoglobin provides O2 for aerobic respiration for short time, ADP+Pi can be borrowed to generate ATP |  | 
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        | greater frequency of stimulation increases contraction and strength |  | 
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        | muscle lengthens as it maintains tension (ex): contraction of biceps brachii against action of triceps brachii during elbow extension |  | 
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        | lots of myoglobin gives red color requires lots of oxygen |  | 
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        | smooth muscle adjusts tension to degree of stretch, so organ can shrink back down when no longer stretched. |  | 
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        | attachment to movable bone |  | 
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        | automatic nerve fibers and NTs |  | Definition 
 
        | can inhibit or excite parasympathetic nervous system stimulates w/ ACh. Sympathetic nervous system stimulates norepinephrine |  | 
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        | dark line, anchors thin and elastic filaments |  | 
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        | loss of electrolytes through sweat alters ion balance of ECF and reduces excitability |  | 
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        | multiple bipennate tendons coverage to form one tendon ex: deltoid |  | 
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        | point of contact between a motor neuron and a skeletal muscle cell |  | 
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        | small sensitive neurons for fine motor control few muscle fibers (3-6 muscle fibers per neuron) |  | 
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        | smooth ER of muscle fiber packed b/w myofibrils |  | 
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        | ability to recoil to resting length |  | 
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        | same tension, changing length |  | 
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        | short, fulsiform, non-striated, involuntary capable of hyperclacia and hypertrophy |  | 
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        | a type of smooth muscle found in the iris of the eye and in the walls of blood vessels |  | 
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        | ADP slows cross-bridge cycling; Pi slows Ca2+ release from SR, reduces sensitivity to Ca2+ by contractile mechanism and decreased force from myofibrils |  | 
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        | long, fibrous, striated, voluntary |  | 
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        | larger MUs produce more force |  | 
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        | muscle shortens as it maintains tension (ex) contraction of biceps brachii to flex elbow |  | 
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        | found only in heart, involuntary |  | 
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        | thick filaments side by side with especially dark area due to hexagonal arrangement of thin filaments around each thick filament |  | 
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        | contraction of muscles against a load that resists movement |  | 
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        | external tension begins to shorten muscle and do work |  | 
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        | fibrous connective tissue that surrounds groups of muscle fibers called fascicles |  | 
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        | produces little ATP, but does not require oxygen |  | 
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        | skeletal-muscular contraction |  | Definition 
 
        | Excitation, excitation--contraction coupling, contraction, relaxation |  | 
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        | muscle producing most force during a particular action |  | 
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