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| Striped appearance, including cardiac and skeletal muscles. |
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| Lining of digestive tract, in arteries, reproductive system; controlled by ANS. |
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| Neuromuscular Junction, a neurotransmitter, located in ANS/CNS. |
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| Strand of protein, interior muscle, responsible for fiber contractions. |
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| Anaerobic, TypeIIa, IIb, containing few mitochondria, movement for explosive strength. |
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| Aerobic, Type I, with large amounts of mitochondria, movement by endurance. |
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| Single alpha motor neuron, either fast OR slow twitch muscles. |
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| Firing rate of neurons, leading to contraction. Recruitment , heavy objects placed on a muscle. |
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| Prefrontal cortex, Pre SMA, primary cortex, lateral pathway, spinal motor neurons. |
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| Difficulty movement, exposure to toxins, treatment is a surgical removal of basil ganglia or thalamus. |
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| Middle aged, involuntary movements, jerky, hallucinations and delusions. Abnormalities in protein huntington. |
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| Measure low blood pressure, in heart & kidneys |
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| Lateral spinal cord, motor cortex to spinal neurons. Hands, feel, driving, outer limbs. |
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| Ventromedial Spinal cord, carry commands rom brainstem to spinal neurons. Neck & torso |
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| Precentral gyrus of frontal lobe. Basil ganglia, brainstem and spinal motor neurons. |
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| Basil ganglia and movement |
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| Choice and initiation of voluntary movement. In forebrain, motor cortex and thalamus. |
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| Muscle weakness & fatigue. Degeneration of ACh |
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| Group of inherited diseases causing muscle degeneration, due to protein dystrophin. |
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| Duchenne Muscular dystrophy |
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| Missing dystrophin, extreme muscle development, body builders. |
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| A virus, damaging to spinal neurons, causing severe paralysis. Immunization shots are treatment |
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| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) |
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| Genetic virus, causing weakness, muscle atrophy, cramps and muscle twitching. No treatment approved. |
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