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| Connect muscles and bones |
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| Single long, cylindrical cell with many nuclei oriented parallel to each other that bundle together to form muscles |
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| Discrete bundles of proteins that include contractile proteins |
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| Contractile protein that forms the contractile filaments of muscle cells |
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| Contractile protein that binds with actin to form the contractile filaments of muscle cells |
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| Region between two dark, narrow lines (Z lines) in myofibril |
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| Contractile filament composed primarily of actin molecules |
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| Contractile filament composed primarily of myosin moleules |
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| Motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it controls |
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| Oxygen carrying protein in muscle cells |
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| Electrical signal that propagates along the membrane of a neuron or muscle fiber |
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| Fibrous membrane that covers, supports, and separates muscles |
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| Inability of muscle to maintain strength of contraction or tension; caused by insufficient oxygen, depletion of glycogen, and lactic acid build up |
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| Non-striated, involuntary action |
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| Striated, voluntary action |
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| Striated, involuntary action |
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| Increase of muscle fiber diameter because of the production of more myofibrils and mitochondria |
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| Neuron that delivers muscle action potential |
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| Sustained, partial contraction of portions of keletal or smooth muscle |
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