Muscles Flashcards
(34 cards)
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Smooth Muscle
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- Not striated (striped)
- 1 nuclei
- involuntary contractions
- in internal organs, and the iris of an eye
- they are long and tapered in sheets
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Cardiac Muscle
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- Are striated (striped)
- 1 nuclei
- involuntary contractions
- found in the heart
- are net like and tubular
3
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Skeletal Muscle
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- Are striated (striped)
- many nuclei’s
- voluntary contractions
- found along bones
- are long and tubular
4
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Tendon
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- A tough, heavy band of tissue that attaches each end of a muscle to a different bone
5
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Muscle Twitch
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- A single muscle contraction (from a stimulus), lasts a fraction of a second
6
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Lag Phase
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- The initial period of muscle contraction where no visible movement occurs
7
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Contraction Phase
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- Involves the specific process during the sliding filament theory
8
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Relaxation Phase
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-The calcium Ions return to the sarcoplasm
9
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Slow Twitch Fibre
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- Pink/Red
- Aerobic respiration
- ## Good for endurance-
10
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Intermediate Twitch Fibre
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11
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Fast Twitch Fibre
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12
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Fascia
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13
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Muscle Fibre
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14
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Myofibril
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15
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Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
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16
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Myofilament
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17
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Actin Myofilament
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18
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Myosin Myofilament
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19
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M-Line
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Z-Line
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Sarcomere
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Troponin
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Tropomyosin
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Attachment Sites
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25
Creatine Phosphate
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Aerobic Cellular Respiration
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Anaerobic Cellular Respiration
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Atrophy
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Hypertrophy
30
Muscular Dystrophy
31
Botulism
32
Fibromyalgia
33
Crush Syndrome
34
Myositis
