Muscle Vocab

Question 1

Principal contractile proteins, make thin filaments

Answer 1

Actin

Question 2

muscle opposing/reversing movement

Answer 2

Antagonists

Question 3

“shoot-like” indirectly attaches muscle to bone, cartilage, or another connective tissue covering

Answer 3

Aponeurosis

Question 4

made of sheets of connective tissues found below skin

Answer 4

Fascia

Question 5

the movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin

Answer 5

Insertion

Question 6

cells in brain + spinal cord that help us move

Answer 6

Motor Newron

Question 7

A wave of excitation transmitted through tissue

Answer 7

Muscle Impulse

Question 8

contractile organelles found in the cytoplasm of muscle cells

Answer 8

Myofibrils

Question 9

principle contractile proteins found in muscle make up thick fibers

Answer 9

Myosin

Question 10

attached to the “immovable” bone, anchor/leverage

Answer 10

Origin

Question 11

synaptic vesicles filled w/ a chemical

Answer 11

Neurotransmitter

Question 12

temporary oxygen shortage in body

Answer 12

Oxygen Debt

Question 13

muscle responsible for causing much movement

Answer 13

Prime Mover

Question 14

process by which different motor units activated to control muscle contraction

Answer 14

Recruitment

Question 15

Basic contractile unit of myocyte “muscle fiber”

Answer 15

Sarcomele

Question 16

Anything that can trigger physical/behavioral changes

Answer 16

Stimulus

Question 17

point @ which a psychological/physiological effect begins to be produced

Answer 17

Threshold

Question 17

Helps prime movers by producing same movement or reducing undesirable movements

Answer 17

Synergist