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| a muscle fiber remains unresponsive to stimulation unless the stimulus is of certain strength |
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| when muscle fiber contracts to its full extent |
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| recording of an electricallysimulated muscle contraction |
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| single,short contraction involving only a few motor units |
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| time delay between when the stimulus is applied and when the muscle contracts; wich is less than 0.01 seconds |
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| if the sustained contraction lacks any relaxation |
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| a muscle fiber receiving a series of stimuli of increasing frequency reaches a point when it is unable to relax completely and the force of individual twitches |
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| are elongated with tapered ends, lack striation and have a relatively undeveloped sarcoplasmic reticulum |
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| fibers occur seperately rather than as sheets such as in the blood vessels and iris of the eye |
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| occurs in sheets and is found in the walls of hollow organs;these fibers can stimulate one another and display rhythmicity and are thus responsible for peristalsis in hollow organs and tubes |
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| wave like motion; occurs in certain tubular organs such as the intestines and helps force the contents of these organs along their lenghts |
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| complex membrane junctions that join cell and transmit the force of contraction from one cell to the next, as well as aid in the rapid transmission of impulses throughout the heart |
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| self exciting and rhythmic and whole structure contracts as one unit |
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| what pulls the insertion toward the origin |
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| the one doing the majority of the work |
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| is the triceps brachii muscle include the teres major and latissimus doris |
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| include the supraspinatus and deltoid |
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| are the subscapularis,infraspinatus and teres minor; include the supinator, pronator teres and pronator quadratus |
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| muscles of the abdominal wall |
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| group of muscle that connects the rib cage and vertebral column to the pelvic girdle |
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| a band of tough connective tissue; extending from the xiphoid process to the symphysis pubis and serves as an attachment for certain abdominal wall muscles |
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