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| MUSCLE FIBER IS COMPOSED OF |
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| MYOFIBRILS ARE COMPOSED OF |
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| tiny filaments called microfilaments |
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| MICROFILAMENTS ARE COMPOSED OF |
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| some are composed of the protein action (thin filament) or the protein myosin (thick filament) |
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| CAUSE OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION |
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| actin and myosin crossbridges |
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| CAUSE OF SKELETAL MUSCLE "STRIATED" LOOK |
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| alternating actin and myosin filaments |
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| myofibril located between two Z lines |
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| point where actin filaments are linked together |
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| ability to return to original length after the removal of a deforming force |
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| more stationary attachment site of a muscle to a bone; usually more proximal |
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| more mobile attachment site of muscle to a bone; usually more distal |
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| THE AMOUNT OF TENSION (FORCE) THAT A MUSCLE IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING IS DEPENDS UPON ITS |
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| AT AN OPTIMAL LENGTH, ACTION AND MYOSIN ARE POSITIONED |
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| so that the maximum number of crossbridges may be formed |
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| inability of a muscle which spans two or more joints, to exert enough tension and shorten sufficienty to cause a full range of movements in all joints at the same time; muscle can not shorten sufficiently |
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| inability of a muscle which spans two or more joints to be lengthened sufficiently to produce a full range of motion in all the joints simultaneously; muscle cannot lengthen sufficiently |
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| LONG, THINS PARALLEL FIBERS RUNNING THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE MUSCLE |
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| PARALLEL FIBERS THAT ARE WODER IN THE MIDDLE ANF TAPER TOWARD THE TENDONS |
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| FOUR SIDED QUADRILATERAL WITH BROAD ATTACHEMNTS AT EACH END |
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| FAN SHAPED WITH FIBERS RADIATING FROM A NARROW ATTACHMENT SITE AT ONE END AND A BROAD ATTACHMENT AT THE OTHER |
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| FIBERS RUN OBLIQUELY TOWARD THE CENTRAL TENDON |
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| LOOKS LIKE ONE SIDE OF A FEATHER; FIBERS OBLIQUELY ATTACH TO ONE SIDE OF A CENTRAL TENDON |
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| LOOKS LIKE BOTH SIDES OF A FEATHER, FIBERS OBLIQUELY ATTACH TO BOTH SIDES OF A CENTRAL TENDON |
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| LOOKS LIKE MULTIPLE FEATHERS, FIBERS OBLIQUELY ATTACH TO BOTH SIDES OF MULTIPLE CENTRAL TENDONS |
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| muscle the produces a force while maintaining a constant length |
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| muscle produces a force while shortening in length |
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| muscle produces a force while elongating in length |
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| THREE FIBER TYPES IN SKELETAL MUSCLE |
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Type I (Slow Twitch Oxidative - SO)
Type II (Fast Twitch Glycolytic - FG)
Type IIa (Fast Twitch Oxidative Glyoclytic - FOG) |
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| TYPE OF MUSCLE THAT RESPONDS RAPIDLY TO STIMULI BUT ALSO FATIQUE QUICKLY |
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| STABLILITY, POSTURAL OR TONIC MUSCLES |
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| MOBILIT, NONPOSTURAL OR PHASIC MUSCLES |
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| AMOUNT OF CAPILLARIES IN SO MUSCLES |
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| AMOUNT OF CAPILLARIES IN FG MUSCLES |
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| AMOUNT OF CAPILLARIES IN FOG MUSCLES |
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| SPEED OF CONTRACTION OF SO MUSCLES |
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| SPEED OF CONTRACTION OF FG MUSCLES |
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| SPEED OF CONTRACTION OF FOG MUSCLES |
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| RATE OF RATIQUE FOR SO MUSCLES |
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| RATE OF RATIQUE FOR FG MUSCLES |
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| RATE OF RATIQUE FOR FOG MUSCLES |
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| prime mover, muscle or group of muscles responsible for producing a desired action |
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| muscle or group of muscles that have the opposite action of the agonist |
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| contraction of the agoinst and antagonist to stabilize the joint |
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| muscles that cooperate with the agonist to perfom a desired action |
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| formed when two muscles contact simultaneously to prodice forces with opposite linear direction but with the same torque direction |
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