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How many muscle groups are there?

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600

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What type of pairs are muscles grouped into?

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antagonistic pairs

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What is the meaning of antagonistic pairs?

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One muscle moves in one direction and the other in another direction.

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What part of the muscle is stationary and attached to the bone?

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Origin

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What part of the muscle attaches to the bone across a joint

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Insertion

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Where are the origins and insertions of muscles?

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On opposing ends of a muscle

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The origin is closer to what area of the body compared to the insertion?

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the body midline

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What happens to the insertion and origin in contraction?

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The insertion gets pulled toward the origin

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Another word for “single muscle” is…

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Whole muscle

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Word for muscle bundle

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Fascicle

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The Fascicle is surrounded by…

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Fascia

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An elastic type substance that surrounds and individuates all of the fascicles

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Fascia

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Fascia and fascicles all come together to form….

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Tendon

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Another word for muscle cell

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muscle fibre

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Muscle cells contain long cylindrical structures called:

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myofibrils

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How many nuclei do muscle cells have?

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thousands (multi nucleate)

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What kind of element is a part of a myofibril?

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contractile

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What does it mean when it’s said that muscle is striated?

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The alternating pattern of dark and light bands on muscle

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The area between the striations on muscle is…

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the contractile portion of muscle

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The unit of contraction of muscles is referred to as a…

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sarcomere

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The dark lines that define the borders of a sarcomere are called..

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Z lines

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The two types of protein filaments in sarcomeres are called

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Actin and Myosin

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The darker portion of the sarcomere with mostly myosin is called

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A band

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Dense protein section of sarcomere with overlapping actin

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A band

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What is the H zone?
the small strop in between where actin extends t where ther is no actin, just myosin
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What is the M line?
defines the centre portion of the sarcomere
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the lighter portion of the sarcomere with Actin and contacts z line
I band
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Muscle contraction results from ...
slight shortening of each sarcomere
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Activation of skeletal muscle depends on what type of activation?
neural
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Name of junction where nervous system communicates with the muscles
neuromuscular junction
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What neurotransmitter do muscles release?
ACH (acetylcholine)
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the neurtransmitter that acts on muscles to start contraction process
ACH
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Motor neurons release ACh leads to waves of electrical activity, called:
depolarization
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When depolarization spreads deeper into the muscle, what does it travel through?
T tubules
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All electrical activity in muscles has the effect of releasing what from the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
calcium
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The calcium store house in the muscle
sarcoplasmic reticulum
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the presence of calcium being released from muscles causes interaction of...
actin and myosin fibres
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What is the sliding filament mechanism?
when actin and myosin slide closer to eachother
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When are myosin heads attached to the actin?
when activated into power stroke
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What does the power stroke do?
pulls myosin toward the centre of the sarcomere
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The actin have rope-like structures across the surface which have two different names:
Troponin and tropomyosin
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the shape of troponin is
discs
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the shape of tropomyosin is...
rope
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What do troponin and tropomyosin do?
They block the myosin heads from binding to the sites on the actin when calcium is not present
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For muscle relaxation, ATP is needed for...
Ca2+ transport into the sacroplasmic reticulum and to bind to myosin to get it to detach from actin
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The energy require for muscle contraction is required to do what?
to reset the process of binding
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the cycle of contractile process shows what?
how energy goes into the system
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Simple 4 step process of contractile cycle
1. ATP binding on the myosin head to release 2. Conversion to ADP 3. Reset of myosin head 4. Ready for another power stroke
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Why do dead bodies become rigid?
because the organism has stopped making ATP, meaning myosin heads can't unbind from actin
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free floating ATP in muscle cells allows for how many seconds of contraction?
10 seconds
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Creatine phosphate allows how many seconds of contraciton?
30-40 seconds
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Creatine phosphase can transfer a phosphate group to ...
ADP
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Energy from glucose can produce...
ATP
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Using stored glycogen for muscle energy consumption depends on the presence of what?
oxygen
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The burning sensation from lifting a heavy load is from...
the production of lactic acid
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Long term solution to muscle energy consumption is...
aerobic metabolism
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the delay after activity has ceased where heart rate and breathg remains elevated for a periof of time to replenish all of ATP stores
Oxygen debt
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What is muscle fatigue?
not being able to continue intense activity, which is a result of decreased ATP
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Type of muscle that contracts and breaks down ATP slowly
slow twitch
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Type of muscle that will produce ATP as needed
slow twitch
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type of muscle with a red appearance from many mitochondria
slow twitch
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Slow twitch muscles have a high concentration of...
myoglobin
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the type of muscles that are involved in standing posture
slow twitch
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types of muscles that contract and break down ATP quickly
Fast twitch
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Fast twitch muscles have large amounts of...
glycogen and creatine phosphate
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What types of muscles use more anaerobic forms of metabolism?
fast twitch
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What type of muscles to runners typically have higher amounts of?
slow twitch
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What type of muscles do weight lifters typically have more of?
fast twitch
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Muscle soreness comes from
damaged sacromeres that produce inflammation and swelling
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the type of muscle growth that comes from weight training
hypertrophy
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the type of muscle growth that comes from endurance training
hyperplasia
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hypertrophy increases the size of...
muscles
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hyperplasia increases the number of...
cells in muscles
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Aerobic training increases...
blood flow, mitochondria and efficiency of O2 transfer during respiration
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Muscular dystrophy is the genetic deficit of...
dystrophin
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What is dystrophin important for?
the removal of Ca2+
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Excess Ca2+ in cells can cause...
damage and death
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the life expectancy of people with muscular dystrophy is...
~30 years
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Another word for tetanus disorder
lockjaw
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What is tetanus?
a bacterial inflection the causes constant activation of muscles

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