Chapter 8- Muscular System Flashcards

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What is an erg?

A

Muscle that works with a prime mover to produce a movement

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What is a calat

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Membranous band that connects cardiac muscle cells

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What is hyper?

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: Enlargement of muscle fibers.

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What is inter?

A

Membraneous band that connects cardiac muscle cells

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What is laten?

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Time between application of a stimulus and the beginning of a muscle contraction.

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What is myo?

A

Contractile structure within a muscle cell

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What is sacro?

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Material (cytoplasm) within a muscle fiber.

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What is syn?

A

muscle that works with a prime mover to produce a movement

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What is tetan?

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: Sustained muscular contraction

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What is troph?

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Enlargement of muscle fibers

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10
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Name the three types of muscles

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Skeletal, Smooth & Cardiac

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Is Skeletal muscle voluntary?

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Yes

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Some identifying features of this muscle are it is present, single nucleus, well developed transverse troubles seperating adjacent cells

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Cardiac

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Is smooth muscle voluntary or involuntary?

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Involuntary

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This muscle’s identifying features are absent; single nucleus lacks transverse tubules

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Smooth

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15
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Is cardiac muscle voluntary or involuntary?

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Involuntary

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This muscle’s characteristics are present, many nuclei; well developed transverse, and a tubule system

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Skeletal

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What is a tendon?

A

A band of tough, inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with it’s bony attachment

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What is a ligament?

A

A sheet or band of tough fibrous connecting bones or cartiliges at a joint or supporting an organ

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What is neuromuscular junction?

A

Connection between a motor neuron and the muscle fiber

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What’s a sacromere

A

The segment of a myofibril that extends from one Z line to the next Z line.

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Is actin thick or thin?

A

Thin

22
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Is myosin thick or thin

A

Thick

23
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When minimal strength is required to cause a contraction… __________

A

Threshold strength

24
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When a muscle appears to be at rest it’s fiber undergo sustained contraction

A

Muscle tone

25
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When a regularly exercised muscle loses it’s ability to contract

A

Muscle Fatigue

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Fine connective tissue sheath surrounding a muscle fiber

A

Endomysium

27
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The external sheath of connective tissue surround a muscle

A

Epimysium

28
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The sheath of connective tissue enveloping bundles of muscle fibers

A

Perimysium

29
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Moveable end of a muscle

A

Insertion

30
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Immovable end of a muscle

A

Origin

31
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Causes a persons muscle to not contract or relax

A

Tetanus

32
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An involuntary and forcibly contracted muscle that does not relax

A

Muscle cramp

33
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Something that occurs during strenuous exercise/ lactic acid accumulates

A

Oxygen debt

34
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Cytoplasm of a strained muscle fiber

A

Sacroplasm

35
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How does rigor Morris affect muscles

A

It stiffens muscles after death for up to 72 hours

36
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What’s the difference between atrophy and hypertrophy?

A

Atrophy- muscle becomes weak due to disease

Hypertrophy- muscle enlarges due to disease or working out

37
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Where does muscle energy come from

A

ATP at cellular level (mitochondria)