Chapter 8 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Shortens the muscles & causes movement
Isotonic
Slight constant contraction during consciousness
Tone
Increases muscle Tension but no movement occurs
Isometric
Continuous sustained contraction allowing smooth
Tetanus
Stair step increases in contraction with repeated stimulation before muscle has completely relaxed
Summation
Multinucleated
Skeletal
Found in blood vessels & stomach
Smooth
Voluntary
Skeletal
Branched with intercalated discs
Cardiac
Spindle shaped
Smooth
Cylindrical in shape unbranched
Skeletal
Striated
Skeletal/cardiac
Involuntary
Cardiac/smooth
Found in heart
Cardiac
Unstraited
Smooth
Usually attached to bones
Skeletal
Longest individual cells
Skeletal
Nonstriated
Skeletal
Does length of actin & myosin filaments change during muscle contraction
No
This is essential for maintaing posture
Tone
The third phase period of a muscle twitch contraction
Relaxation