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Muscular System

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The full collection of all of the muscles in the human body.

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Epimysium

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This is the layer of muscular connective tissue on the outside.

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Perimysium

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This is the muscular connective tissue in the middle that encompasses the muscle fascicle.

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Endomysium

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The deepest layer of the muscular connective tissue that covers muscle fibers.

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Tendons

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Connect skeletal muscles to the bone with a band of white, inelastic, dense and tough band of tissue.

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Sarcomere

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The smallest contractile unit of a muscle fiber.

It is comprised of actin and myosin. This is the repeating section of a muscle.

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Neural Activation

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This is the process of nervous system activation of a muscle fiber by the means of the neuromuscular junction

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Motor unit

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The motor neuron as well as all of the muscle fiber that it innervates.

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Neurotransmitters

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These are small chemical messengers that are able to cross the neuromuscular synapse (junction) in order to transmit these and electrical impulses from the nerve to the muscle.

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Muscle Fiber Type 1 (slow twitch)

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These are also known as endurance fibers. They are smaller, produce less power, receive more oxygen and are more mitochondrial dense.

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Muscle Fiber Type II (fast twitch)

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These do not have as much endurance, have less oxygen delivery, have short-term contractions, can produce more force and power and are larger than type I fibers.

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Muscle Fiber Type IIx

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These have a low oxidative capacity and or quick to fatigue.

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Muscle Fiber Type IIa

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These have a higher oxidative capacity and will fatigue slower than type IIx. Another name for these is intermediate fast twitch muscle fibers.

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Excitation-contraction coupling

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This is the process where the nervous system stimulates a muscle in the body to contract. Also know as siding filament theory.

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5 step process - Excitation - contraction coupling (sliding filament theory)

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States that actin filaments at each end of the sarcomere slide inward on myosin filaments, pulling z lines toward the center of the sarcomere and thus shortening the muscle fiber

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Muscles as movers -

4 primary functions that muscles are categorized into

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1) agonist - prime mover
2) synergist - assist prime mover
3) Stabilizer - stabilize while prime mover & synergist work
4) antagonist - oppose prime mover

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Agonist

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This is the prime mover

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Synergist

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This assists and helps the prime mover

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Stabilizer muscles

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These help with stabilizing the joints and the body during movement

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Antagonist

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These muscles relax in order to permit the prime mover to do its work

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Actin & Myosin

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Thin filament & thick filament

Actin and myosin slide across each other to provide muscle contraction.

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What controls muscular contractions?

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The regulation of calcium

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What are necessary for cross-bridge cycling with actin and myosin filaments ?

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Calcium and ATP

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Muscle has the following 4 behavioral properties

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Extensibility - the ability to be stretched or lengthened

Elasticity - the ability to return to normal or resting length after being stretched

Irritability - the ability to respond to a stimulus

Ability to develop tension

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What are the 3 types of muscle?

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Skeletal
Cardiac
Smooth

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Muscle type : Agonist

Exercise : chest press

Muscle used :

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Pectoralis major