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30 Cards in this Set
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calat |
inserted: intercalated disc, membranous band that connects cardiac muscle cells |
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erg |
work; synergist- muscle that works with a prime mover; producing a movement |
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fasc |
bundle; fasciculus, bundle of muscle fibers |
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gram |
something, written; myogram- recording of a muscular contraction |
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hyper |
over; more, muscular hypertrophy- enlargement of muscle fibers |
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inter |
between: intercalated disc- membranous band that connects cardiac muscle cells |
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iso |
equal; isotonic, contraction- contraction during which the tension in a muscle remains unchanged |
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laten |
hidden, latent period- period between a stimulus and the beginning of a muscle cell |
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myo |
muscle; myofibril- contractile fiber to a muscle cell |
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reticul |
a net, sarcoplasmic reticulum- network of membranous channels within a muscle cell |
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sarco |
flesh; sarcoplasm- substance (cytoplasm) within a muscle fiber |
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syn |
together; synergist- muscle that works with a prime mover, producing a movement |
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tetan |
stiff; tetanic contraction- sustained muscular contraction |
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tonic |
stretched; isotonic contraction-- contraction during which the tension of a muscle remains unchanged |
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troph |
well fed; muscular hypertrophy--- englargement of muscle fibers |
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voluntar |
free will; voluntary muscle--muscle that can be controlled by conscious efforts |
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astr |
starlike; astrocyte, star shaped neuroglia |
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ax |
axle; axon-- cylindrical nerve process that carries impulses away from a neuron cell body |
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bi |
two- bipolar neuron--neuron with two processes extending from the cell body |
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dendr |
tree, dendrite--- branched nerve process that serves as the receptor surface of a neuron |
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ependym |
tunic; ependyma-- neuroglia that line spaces in the brain and spinal cord |
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lemm |
rind or peel; neurilemma-- sheath that surrounds the myelin of a nerve cell process |
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moto |
moving; motor neuron-- neuron that stimulates a muscle to contract or a gland to release a secretion |
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multi |
many; multipolar neuron-- neuron with many processes extending from the cell body |
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oligo |
few; oligodendrocyte-- small type of neuroglia with few cellular processes |
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peri |
all around; peripheral nervous system. portion of the nervous system that consists of the nerves branching from the brain and the spinal cord |
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saltator |
a dancer; saltatory conduction-- impulse conduction in which the impulse seems to jump from node to node along the nerve fiber |
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sens |
feeling; sensory neuron-- neuron that can be stimulated by a sensory receptor and conducts impulses into the brain or spinal cord |
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syn |
together; synapse-- junction between two neurons |
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uni |
one; unipolar-- neuron with only one process extending from the cell body |
