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Glossary of anatomy test: muscles

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A lack of oxygen is known as what?
Anaerobic
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Describe Cardiac muscle.
Forms the heart, striated, involuntary.
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Describe skeletal muscle.           
Attached to bones, striated, and voluntary.
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Describe Smooth Muscle cells
ShorterLack Striationsingle, centrall lovated nucleusRelatively undeveloped Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
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Describe Smooth Muscle.
walls of hollow organs, not striated, involuntary.
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Describe the "A" band.
overlaps the actin and is dark
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Describe the "I" band. 
thin and held by structures caled z line
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Does smooth muscle contract longer than skeletal muscle? 
Yes 
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During rest or moderate exercise your cells us what to produce ATP?
Oxygen
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During strenuous or prolonged exercise, the muscles use up all the what? 
oxygen
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Each skeletal muscle is what?
a single long cylindrical cell
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Heat is the result of what in Muscle tissue?
of muscle metabolism and contractile activity
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In Nerve activity, each muscle fiber is connected to what?
a nerve ending that controls its activity
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In smooth muscle, calcium comes from what instead of the sarcoplasmc reticulum like skeletal muscle? 
extracellular material
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In step 1 of relaxation calcium ions are moved back to what? 
The sarcoplasmic reticulum
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In thick filament what does the head form links with?
The actin
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Instead of binding to Troponin in skeletal muscle, calcium binds to what in smooth muscle? 
calmodulin
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Is skeletal muscle multi nucleated? 
yes
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Is smooth muscle faster to contract and relax than skeletal muscle?
no, its slower
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Is there any movement in an isometric contraction? 
no
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Movement includes what to things in muscle tissue?
MobilityForcing of fluid and other substances through internal body channels
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Muscle fibers are stimulated by what?
a motor neuron
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Myofibrils and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum are part of what?
Skeletal muscle anatomy
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Myofibrils are made of two types of what? 
Filaments
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Reactions without oxygen cause a build up of what?
Lactic acid which makes the muscles feel like they burn
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The link between the Actin and what breaks in step 2 of relaxation? 
Myosin
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Thick filament has what type of band?
"A" Band
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Thick filament is a protein with what and what? 
Tail and Head
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Thin filament has a myosin ______    _______.
Binding site
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Thin filament is protein with what?
Two strands wound together
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Troponin and Tropomysosin are what?
proteins that help regulate the muscle contraction
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Visceral tissue occurs in what?
sheets
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What are 2 characteristics of cardiac muscle?
Self exciting and rhythmic
Whole structure contracts as a unit
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What are actin filaments pulled inward by in the 6th step of contraction?
Myosin
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What are Sarcomeres?
Contractile units
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What are the 2 types of muscle fibers?
Slow Contraction (Slow twitch)Fast Contraction (Fast twitch)
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What are the 2 types of smooth muscle tissue?
Multiunit
Visceral
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What are the 3 functions of muscle tissue?
MovementMaintain PostureGenerate body heat
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What are the 3 similarities between smooth and skeletal muscle? 
Use actin and myosintriggered by nerve and calcium releaseuses energy from ATP
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What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?
SkeletalCardiacSmooth
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What are the 4 functional characteristics of Muscle Tissue?
ExcitabilityContractilityExtensibilityElasticity
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What are the two characteristics of a Multiunit?
fibers occur separatelyin blood vessels and iris of the eye
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What are the two types of filaments that make up Myofibrils?
Thick filament (Myosin)Thin filament (Actin)
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What are the two types of isotonic contractions?
ConcentricEccentric
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What are the two types of muscle contraction?
Isotonic and Isometric
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What causes the sarcoplasmc reticulum to release calcium?
Acetylcholine
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What covers the binding sites as they go back to their original position in step 4? 
Troponin and Tropomyosin
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What do intercalated discs do?
join cells and transmit the force of contraction from one cell to the next 
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What do motor neurons release in the first step of contraction?
acetylcholine
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What do Sarcomeres extend from?
z line to z line
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What does alternating I and A bands give the muscle?
A striated appearance
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What does ATP energy do?
provides energy for muscle contraction
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What does calcium bind to in the third step of contraction?
Troponin
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What does intercalated discs aid in?
the rapid transmission of impulses throughout the heart
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What does the myosin head form a link with in the 5th step of contraction?
Actin binding site
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What goes back to their original position in step 3 of relaxation? 
Myosin heads
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What is an eccentric contraction?
lengthening
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What is an isometric contraction?
muscle length remains the same while muscle tension increases 
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what is another word for oxygen 
aerobic
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What is contractility?
the ability to shorten
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What is elasticity?
The ability to return to normal shape
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What is excitability?
the ability to receive and respond to stimulus
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What is extensibility?
The ability to be stretched or extended.
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What is Isotonic contraction?
the muscle changes in length
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What is peristalsis?
the rhythmic muscle contraction in hollow organs and tubes
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What is Sarcolemma?
Muscle cell membrane
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What is Sarcoplasm?
similar to cytoplasm but contains large amouns of shared glycogen and myoglobin
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What is sliding filament theory?
Muscles contract when actin and myosin filaments move past each other shortening the skeletal muscle fiber
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What is smooth muscle stimulated by?
hormones or stretching
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What is the 7th step of contraction?
Muscle fibers shorten
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what is the Neuromascular junction?
The site where the motor neuron and the muscle fiber meet
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What is visceral tissue responsible for?
Peristalsis
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What muscle fiber can contract for long periods of time? 
Slow contraction
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What muscle fiber contracts rapidly but fatigues rapidly as well?
Fast Contraction
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What muscle fiber is also called white fiber?
Fast Contraction
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What muscle fiber is also known as red fiber 
Slow contraction
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What type of band does Actin have?
"I" band
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What type of filament is pulled out of the way, exposig binding sites in Actin?
Tropomyosin
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What type of muscle tissue has intercalated discs?
Cardiac
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Whats a concentric contraction?
shortening
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Where's visceral tissue found?
the walls of hollow organs