Chapter 1 slides Flashcards

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Each skeletal muscle is an organ that contains muscle tissue, connective tissue, ______, and blood vessels.

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Nerves

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What are the 5 phases of the sliding filament theory of muscular contraction?

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  • resting phase
  • excitation-contraction coupling phase
  • contraction phase
  • recharge phase
  • relaxation phase
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Fibrous connective tissue, or epimysium, covers the body’s more than _____ skeletal muscles.

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430

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Which connective tissue is on the outer layer?

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Epimysium

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Which connective tissue surrounds each fasciculus?

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Perimysium

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Which connective tissue surrounds individual fibers?

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Endomysium

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A _______ consists of a motor neuron and the muscle fibers it innervates.

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Motor unit

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How many muscle fibers are in a single motor unit?

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Several hundred

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Where is calcium stored in the muscle fibers?

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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The arrangement of ______(thick) and ______ (thin) filaments gives the skeletal muscle its striated appearance.

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Myosin

Actin

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Which band is the space between the end of the myosin?

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I band

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The discharge of an action potential from a motor nerve signals the release of _____ from the Sarcoplasmic reticulum into the myofibril, causing tension development in the muscle.

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Calcium

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The ______ theory states that the actin filaments at each end of the sarcomere slide inward on myosin filaments, pulling the z-lines toward the center of the sarcomere and thus shortening the muscle fiber.

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Sliding-filament

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In _____ muscles, the I bands and H zone are elongated, and there is a low force potential due to reduced cross-bridge-actin-alignment.

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Stretched

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When muscle contracts, the I-bands and H-zone are ______.

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Shortened

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With completely contracted muscles, there is a low force potential due to reduced ________.

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Cross-bridge-actin-alignment

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Arrival of the action potential at the nerve terminal causes the release of _____.

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Acetylcholine

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Muscles that function with great precision may have as few as ___ muscle fiber per motor neuron.

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Muscles that require less precision may have ______ fibers served by one motor neuron.

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Several hundred

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___________: all of the muscle fibers in the motor unit contract and develop force at the same time. There is no such thing as a otor neuron stimulus that causes only some of the fibers to contract.

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All-or-none principle

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What is an example of a type 1 (slow twitch) fiber?

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Cross country

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What is an example of a type 2a (fast twitch) fiber?

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______ are composed of muscle fibers with specific morphological and physiological characteristics that determine their functions capacity.

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_____ occurs when a load is lifted, since sufficient force must be developed to overcome the inertia of the load.

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______: information concerning kinesthetic sense, or conscious appreciation of the position of body parts with respect to gravity.
Proprioception
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______ are specialized sensory receptors that provide the central nervous system with information needed to maintain muscle tone and perform complex coordinated movements.
Proprioceptors
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______ are proprioceptors that consist of several modified muscle fibers enclosed in a sheath of connective tissue.
Muscle spindles
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_____ are proprioceptors located in tendons near the myotendinous junction.
Golgi tendon organs
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____ is the decrease in muscle size.
Sarcopenia
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The _____ is a muscular organ made up of two interconnected but separate pumps.
Heart
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The right ventricle pumps blood to the _____.
Lungs
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The left ventricle pumps blood to _______.
The rest of the body
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The _____ system controls the mechanical contraction of the heart.
Conduction
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______ is recorded at the surface of the body; a graphic representation of the electrical activity of the heart.
Electrocardiogram
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______ operate in a closed-circuit system.
Blood vessels
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The _____ system carries blood away from the heart.
Arterial
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The ____ system returns blood toward the heart.
Venous
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_____ transports oxygen and serves as an acid-base buffer.
Hemoglobin
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Red blood cells facilitate ____ removal.
Carbon dioxide
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The _____ system transports nutrients and removes waste products while helping to maintain the environment for all the body's functions.
Cardiovascular
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The amount and movement of air and expired gases in and out of the lungs are controlled by expansion and recoil of the _____.
Lungs
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The vertical and anteroposterior diameters _____ during inspiration.
Increase
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The primary function of the respiratory system is the basic exchange of _____ and _______.
Oxygen | Carbon dioxide