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Most of the Ca+2 is found here when a fuscle fiber is relaxed.
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
A brief contraction of all muscle fibers of a motor unit in response to a single stimulus.
Twitch
A stiffening of the muscles after death due to Ca+2 leaking out of the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
Rigor Mortis
Name the major functions of muscles
Stabilize, Movement, Body Positions, Regulate Organ Volume, Movement of Subtuous Heat Production.
The neurotransmitter released from the synaptic vesicles of neurons supplying skeletal muscle.
ACh
The thick myofilament that has enlarged heads to form cross bridges
Myosin
ATP -> __ + Phosphate Group + __ for contraction.
ADP and Energy
__ + ADP -> creatine + ATP
CP
__ -> Pyruvic Acid -> __
Glucose and 2ATP
__ -> O2 + Pyruvic Acid -> CO2 + H20 + __
Glucose and 36ATP