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Ch. 1 Muscular, Neuromuscular, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Systems Flashcards

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epimysium

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continous with the tendons at the ends of the muscle

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tendon

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attaches the muscle to the bone periosteum

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bone periosteum

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a special connective tissue covering all bones

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attachments of limb muscles to bone

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proximal (closer to the trunk) & distal (farther from the trunk)

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attachments of trunk muscles

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superior (closer to the head) & inferior (closer to the feet)

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origin of muscle

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the proximal attachment

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insertion of muscle

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its distal attachment

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muscle cells (aka muscle fibers)

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long, have lots of nuclei on the edges of the cell, striated appearance

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fasciculi

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bundled groups of muscle fibers

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perimysium

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the connective tissue holding the fasciculi together

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endomysium

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connective tissue that surrounds each muscle fiber

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sarcolemma

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the muscle fiber membrane, encircles the endomysium

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motor neuron

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nerve cell

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neuromuscular junction

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the junction between the nerve cell and the muscle fibers it innervates (aka the moror end plate)

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motor unit

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a motor nueron and the muscle fibers it innervates

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sarcoplasm

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the cytoplasm of a muscle fiber, contains many cell componets

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myofibrils

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hundreds of them dominate the sarcoplasm, contains the apparatus that contracts the muscle cell

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types of myofilament

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myosin and actin

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cross-bridges

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globular heads that protrude away from the myosin filaments

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sarcomere

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the smallest contractile unit of skeletal muscle, repeat the entire length of the muscle fiber, within them the myosin and actin filaments are organized longitudinally

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M-bridge

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where adjacent myosin filaments connect

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A-band

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where myosin filaments align

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I-band

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area where two sarcomeres are adjacent and there are only actin filaments

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Z-line

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middle of the I-band, looks dark running through it

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H-zone
where only myosin is present, shrinks during contraction as actin slides over the myosin
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sarcoplasmic reticulum
parallels and surrounds each myofibril, terminates around the z-lines, stores calcium ions
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T-tubules
run perpendicular to the sarcoplasmic reticulum
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triad
the pattern of one t-tubule between two sarcplasmic reticulum vesicles
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action potential
electrical nerve impulse, causes the release of calcium ions from the sarcoplasmic reticulum into the myofibril, which causes tension development in the muscle
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sliding-filament theory
states that the actin filaments at each end of the sarcomere slife inward on myosin filaments, pulling the Z-lines toward the centre of the sarcomere and this shortening the muscle fiber
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What dictates the force production of a muscle?
the number of cross-bridges that are attached to actin filaments at any instant in time
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what is necessary for mysoin cross-bridge cycling with actin filaments?
calcium and ATP
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When does relaxation occur?
when actin and myosin return to their unbound state
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acetylocholine
a neurotransmitter, diffuses across the neuromuscular junction, causing excitation of the sarcolemma, when enough of it is released and action potential is generated
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all-or-none principle
a motor neuron stimulus always stimulates all fibers equally
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troponin
a protein that is situated at regular intercals along the actin filament and has a high affinity for calcium ions
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tropomyosin
a protein that runs along the length of the actin filament in the groove of the double helix
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what does the extent muscle control depend on?
the number of muscle fibers within each motor unit
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twitch
the brief contraction that results from an action potential
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tetanus
when the stimuli are delivered as so high a frequency that the twitches merge and eventually completely fuse
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types of muscle fibers
slow twitch (Type I), fast twitch (Type IIa and Type IIb/Type IIx)
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recruitment
a means of varying skeletal muscle force involving an increase in force through varying the number of motor units activated
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preloading
the loading of the muscle prior to the motion, helps to fully activate the muscle fibers that are needed for the early range of motion
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proprioceptors
specialized sensory receptors located within joins, muscles, and tendons
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muscle spindles
proprioceptors that consist of several modified muscle fibers enclosed in a sheath of connective tissue, they provide information concerngin muscle length and the rate of change in length
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intrafusal fibers
the modified muscle fibers that make up muscle fibers
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Golgi tendon organs
proprioceptors located in tendons near the myotendinous junction and are in a series with extrafusal muscle fibers
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sarcopenia
the reduction of skeletal muscle in size and strength due as a result of aging or inactivity
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the heart
a muscular organ comprised of two interconnected but separate pumps
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atrium
delivers blood into the ventricles
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ventricle
supply the main force for moving blood through the pulminary and peripheral circulations
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tricuspid and mitral valves (AV valves)
prevent blood flow from the ventricles back into the atria
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semilunar valves- aortic and pulmonary
prevent backflow from the aorta and pulmonary artieries into the ventricles during ventricular relaxation
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sinoastrial (SA) node
the intrinsic pacemaker (where rhythmic electril impluses are normally initiated
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atrioventricular (AV) node
wher the impulse is delayed slightly before passing into the ventricles
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atrioventricular (AV) bundle
conducts the impulse to the ventricles
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myocardium
the heart muscle
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sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
components of the autonomic nervous system (sympathetic nerves accelerates heart beat, parasympathetic slows it)
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bradycardia
a heart beat less that 60 beats/min
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tachycardia
a heart beat higher than 100 beats/min
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electrocardiogram (ECG)
a graphic representation of this activity
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P-Wave
the first wave, genereated by the changes in the electrical potential of cardiac muscle cells that depolarize the atria and result in atrial contraction
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QRS complex
three separate waves, genereated by the electrical potential that depolarizes the ventricles and results in ventircular contraction
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T-wave
cause by the electrical potential genereated as the ventricles recover from the state of depolarization
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repolarization
the recovery of the ventricles or atria from their depolarized state
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