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chapters 9-12
iowa lakes joe steele anatomy and physiology 1
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
12/03/2012

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Term
elasticity
Definition
ability to recoil and resume resting length after stretching
Term
Skeletal Muscle Tissue
Definition
  • skeletal
  • striated
  • voluntary
Term
cardiac muscle tissue
Definition
  • cardiac (in the heart)
  • striated
  • involuntary
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smooth muscle tissue
Definition
  • visceral
  • nonstriated
  • involuntary
Term
4 special characteristics of muscle tissue
Definition
  1. excitability
  2. contractility
  3. extensibility
  4. elasticity

 

Term
exciteability/responsiveness
Definition
ability to recieve and respond to stimulus
Term
contractility
Definition
ability to shorten forcibly when adequately stimulated
Term

extensibility

 

Definition
ability to extend or stretch
Term
4 important muscle functions
Definition
produce movement
maintain posture
stabilize joints
generate heat
Term
smooth muscle tissue location
Definition
digestive system
urinary system
reproductive system
also in pupils.
Term
connective tissue sheaths (in order outside to in)
Definition
epimysium
perymesium
endomyesium
Term
indirect attachment
Definition
muscles connective tissue wrappings extend beyond muscle either as ropelike tendon or sheetlike aponeurosis
Term
sarcoplasm
Definition
contains unusually large ammounts of glycosomes and myoglobin
Term
myoglobin
Definition
red pigment that stores oxygen
Term
myofibrils
Definition
1-2 (wierd sign)m in diameter; account for 80% of cell volume.
Term
[image]
Definition
cardiac muscle tissue
Term
[image]
Definition
skeletal muscle tissue
Term
[image]
Definition
smooth muscle tissue
Term
a red blood cell placed in water would
Definition
shrink
Term
mitosis
Definition
produces nucleus replication
Term
the three main components of connective tissue are
Definition

fibroblasts

chondroblasts

osteoblasts

Term
which of the following statements is true concerning feeback mechanisms
Definition
negative feeback mechanisms work to prevent sudden severe changes within the body
Term
cells organ tissue attom molecule in order
Definition

atoms

molecules

cells

tissues

organs

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if the nucleotide or base sequesnce of the dna strand used as a template for messenger RNA synthesis is TGCAA, then the sequence of bases in the corresponding mRNA wouldbe
Definition
ACGUU
Term
which of the following statements is correct regaurding RNA
Definition
messenger RNA, transfer RNA, and ribosomal RNA play a role in protein synthesis
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