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Muscles make things happen. Together with bones, they form the _ and _ that make an animal “act”.
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movers, levers
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Muscles function to _ movement (posture)
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restrain
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Muscles function as part of the viscera (4)
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Digestive tract
Secretory glands Respiratory tract Circulatory system |
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In the _ muscles produce the waves that move and mix food
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digestive tract
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muscles control the passage of secretions for the _
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secretory glands
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In the _ muscles regulate the passage of air
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respiratory tract
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In the _ muscles produce the rhythmic contracts that pump blood through our body
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Circulatory System
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Muscles of the circulatory system either ______ or _______blood vessels to control blood flow.
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dilate, constrict
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Muscles generate _ (shivering)
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heat
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Functions of Muscles:
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make things happen
restrict movement function as part of the viscera generate heat |
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Muscles make _ and _ that is detectable by sharks and other fish.
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noise, low voltage electricity
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Some fish have evolved stacks of muscles used to produce _ for defensive and offensive (stunning prey) purposes
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high voltage electricity
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Muscles Defined by location: (2)
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somatic muscles
visceral muscles |
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Muscles Defined by CNS control: (2)
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voluntary muscles
involuntary muscles |
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muscles defined by microscopic properities: (2)
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striated muscles
non striated muscles |
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Muscles defined by histological properities
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skeletal muscle
cardiac muscle smooth muscle |
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muscles that move bone or cartilage
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somatic muscle
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muscles that control functions in other tissues
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visceral muscle
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muscles under conscious control
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voluntary muscle
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muscles under subconscious control
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involuntary muscle
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alternating light and dark banding pattern
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striated muscle
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no repeating pattern
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non-striated muscle
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somatic, voluntary, striated
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skeletal muscle
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visceral, involuntary, striated
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cardiac muscle
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visceral, involuntary, non-striated
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smooth muscle
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Characteristics of skeletal muscle: (3)
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- multi-nucleated
- long cells attached end to end forming long compostie fibers - each cell is filled with many long myofibrils |
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_ is a synonym for muscle cell
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myofiber
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All muscle cells have many of the organelles common to most _, with a few specializations
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eukaryotic cells
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plasma membrane of muscle cells
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sarcolemma
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smooth ER of muscle cells
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sarcoplasmic reticulum
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connective tissue covering around individual muscle cells
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endomysium
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wraps a group of muscle cells into a fascicle
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perimysium
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the perimysium wraps a group of muscle cells into a _
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fascicle
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connective tissue covering of the entire muscle organ
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epimysium
"whole muscle" |
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A single muscle (“whole muscle”) is a collection of several
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fascicles
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muscle fasciles are bundles of
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individual muscle cells
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The connective tissue that wraps each fascile extends beyond the end of the muscle to connect to the bones as _ (dense connective tissue)
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tendons
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Tendons: Connective tissue wrapping of the muscle connects with the _ of the bone
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periosteum
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Muscle cells are also know as _
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muscle fibers
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Muscle cells are almost totally filled with long cylindrical structures arranged in parallel cables called _
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myofibrills
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myofibrills are composed of _ and _
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actin and myosin
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Keys to muscle contraction: (4)
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- skeletal muscle cells must be activated by a nerve
- Nerve activation increases Ca+ influx in muscle cells - Ca = contraction ; no Ca = relaxation - contraction ends when the nerve stops stimulating the muscle cell |
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Ca = _
No Ca = _ |
contraction
relaxation |
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specialized nerve cells that stimulate skeletal muscle to contract
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Motor neurons
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point of attachment between a motor neuron and a muscle cell
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neuromuscular junction
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Stimulation of the muscle cells causes release of calcium which is stored in organelles called _
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sarcoplasmic reticula
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The electrical nerve impulse is carried into the cell by _ the sarcoplasmic reticulum
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Transverse (T) tubules
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Contraction is a “_” that is initiated by calcium
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sliding filament mechanism
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_ form between the myosin and binding sites on the actin filaments (which are exposed by calcium binding)
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cross bridges
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the binding causes the _ to “slide” along the myosin molecules
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actin filaments
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actin filament sliding effectively shortens each _______ and collectively the entire muscle, resulting in movement.
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sarcomere
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_ are repeating units composed of thick (_) and thin (_) myfilaments
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sarcomeres, myosin, actin
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The binding and bending of crossbridges (resulting in muscle contraction) requires _
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energy
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Muscles require energy to _ and _
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contract and relax
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_ is the energy source used for muscle contractions.
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ATP
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ATP is made in the _
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mitochondria
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ATP causes the _ to form a cross bridge and to bend
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myosin head
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Another ATP molecule must bind so that the cross bridge _ the actin.
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releases
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cells =
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fibers
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actin, myosin =
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fibrills
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_ help cardiac muscles to act together as a single unit.
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gap junctions
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Characteristics of cardiac muscle (5)
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- only occurs in the heart
- short branches cells - mononucleated - joined together into sheets of muscle tissue by intercalated disks - may contract without neural regulation |
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cardiac muscle is striated / non-striated?
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striated
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Characteristics of smooth muscles: (4)
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- mononucleated
- short and spindle shaped - non-striated - electrically coupled to allow the sheets to function as a single unit. |
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Muscles can be categorized on the basis of the fiber's ability to _ and _ a generated force.
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establish, sustain
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for postural support, axial and appendicular muscles in amphibians and reptiles (rare in mammals)
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Tonic fibers
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Characteristics of tonic fibers: (3)
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- slow contraction
- low force - long duration |
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_ fibers- somatic muscles
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twitch fibers
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characteristics of twitch fibers
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- fast contraction
- short duration |
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_ - muscle lever system
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bone
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_ - relatively fixed point of muscle attachment (_)
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origin, head
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_ - relatively movable point of muscle attachment (_)
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insertion, slip
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bend on part relative to another around the joint
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flexors
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straighten one part relative to another around the joint
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extensors
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draw the limb toward the midline of the body
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adductors
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draw the limb away from the midline of the body
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abductors
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close the jaw
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levators (adductors)
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open the jaw
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depressors (abductors)
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extend a part of the body
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protraction
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returns a part of the body
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retraction
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rotates the palm or sole up
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supinators
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rotate the palm or sole down
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pronators
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close openings (sphincter muscles)
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constrictors
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further open passages
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dilators
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A muscle is considered homologous if it fits 4 criterias
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- muscle attachment (head & slip similarities)
- functional similarities - similarity of nervous innervation - embryonic origin |
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adult muscle segments derived from a myotome
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myomeres
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connective tissue partitions between adjacent myomeres
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myosepta
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_ - connective tissue partiton which divides myomeres into dorsal (_) muscles and ventral (_) muscles
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horizontal septum, epaxial, hypaxial
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Each myomere is innervated by a single spinal nerve which sends a branch to the epaxial myomere (_) and a branch to the hypaxial myomere (_)
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dorsal ramus, ventral ramus
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In tetrapods epaxial muscles are present as a single muscle mass, _
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dorsalis trunci
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In mammals there are _ divisions of epaxial muscles and _ divisions of hypaxial muscles
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3, 4
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3 epaxial muscle divisions in the mammal
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- transversospinalis group
- longissimus group - iliocostalis group |