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Isotonic Contractions
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the muscle changes in length and moves the load
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T/F:
Muscles only PULL, never push. |
TRUE
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Prime movers (Agonist)
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provide the major force for producing a specific movement
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Antagonists
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oppose or reverse a particular movement
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Synergists
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Add force to a movement
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Fixators
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synergists that immobilize a bone or muscle’s origin
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Naming Skeletal Muscles
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Location of muscle
Shape of muscle Relative size Direction of fibers |
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Biceps, Triceps, Quadriceps is named for number of _________
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origins
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Pennate fascicles
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short fascicles that attach obliquely to a central tendon running the length of the muscle (e.g., rectus femoris)
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Forehead wrinkling caused by:
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Frontal belly of Epicranius
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Sticking tongue out is caused by which muscle?
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genioglossus
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Suprahyoid
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Form the floor of the oral cavity
Anchor the tongue Elevate the hyoid Move the larynx superiorly during swallowing |
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Type of muscles found at body openings:
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circular
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"Levator" means what?
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elevates and adducts region
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Muscles that flex and rotate neck?
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scalenes
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Infraspinatus is on which side of the body?
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Dorsal
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True or False:
The gracilis is part of the hamstrings. |
FALSE
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Central nervous system (CNS) contains what?
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brain & spinal cord
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Autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulates what?
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smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands
NOT skeletal |
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Astrocytes
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Control the chemical environment
Recaptures neurotransmitters Buffer K+ |
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Ependymal cells
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They line the central cavities of the brain and spinal column
Have cilia |
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The sheath of Schwann cells is called
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neurilemma
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Dendrites
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Receives stimulus
They are the receptive, or input, regions of the neuron |
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Axons
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conducts stimulus AWAY from body
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Question with group A, B, & C fibers:
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Group C not capable of saltatory conduction
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Saltatory conduction happens because of:
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myelin sheath
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Need to identify on synaptic cleft diagram (Fig 11.18)
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Ion channel
synaptic vesicles calcium ions synaptic cleft postsynaptic membrane |
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Direct Acting Neurotransmitters that open ion channels
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promote RAPID responses
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Temporal summation
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presynaptic neurons transmit impulses in rapid-fire order (one after the other)
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Spatial summation
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postsynaptic neuron is stimulated by a large number of terminals at the same time
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Subthreshold
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not enough to get reaction
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Threshold
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anything below this won't get it to membrane potential
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If the neural tube didn't develop, what would be affected?
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Spinal cord
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Ridges on brain are called:
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gyri
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Grooves on brain are called:
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sluci
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Cerebral Hemispheres are separated by:
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longitudinal fissure
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Central sulcus separates what?
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separates the frontal and parietal lobes
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Frontal lobe and temporal lobe are separated by what?
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Lateral sulcus
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Broca’s Area
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Motor speech area
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Hypothalamus function
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Thermostat- maintains normal body temperature
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Brain stem consists of:
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midbrain,
pons, medulla oblongata |
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Medulla
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Vital centers- heart rate, blood pressure, respiration
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Limbic System
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emotions
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Subarachnoid area is between the
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Arachnoid and Pia
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What secretes Cerebral Spinal Fluid?
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Choroid Plexus
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Visceral Sensory Area is responsible for:
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feeling full bladder, needed to breath when you hold your breath, etc
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The Axial Skeleton consists of what?
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Skull
Vertebral column Bony thorax |
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Sutures are found where?
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Skull
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Hyoid Bone
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Only bone of the body that does not articulate directly with another bone
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Atlas is found in which spine?
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Cervical
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Rib bones are attached to which spine?
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Thoracic
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Vertebra that have a transverse foramen are found in which spine?
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Cervical
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Weight bearing part of spine?
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Lumbar
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Scoliosis
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abnormal lateral curvature of spine
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Anterior longitudinal ligament
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continuous bands down the front of the spine from the neck to the sacrum
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Function of Intervertebral Discs
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absorb shock
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Which vertebra has no body and no spinous process?
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Atlas (C1)
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Center of gravity is found:
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1cm posterior to sacral promontory
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The xiphoid process is found inferior to the
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sternum body
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Antebrachium is which two bones?
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radius & ulna
forearm |
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The carpus are the
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8 bones in the wrist
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The pelvic girdle consists of what 3 bones?
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ilium
ischium pubis |
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Linea aspera is found on which bone?
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Femur
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Membraneous areas between cranial bones in fetal skulls are called what?
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Fontanels
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Amphiarthroses
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slightly movable
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Gomphoses
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The peg-in-socket fibrous joint between a tooth and its alveolar socket
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synchondroses
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**A bar or plate of hyaline cartilage unites the bones
All synchondroses are synarthrotic Examples include: Epiphyseal plates of children Joint between the costal cartilage of the first rib and the sternum |
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Symphyses
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Hyaline cartilage covers the articulating surface of the bone and is fused to an intervening pad of fibrocartilage
Amphiarthrotic joints designed for strength and flexibility Examples include intervertebral joints and the pubic symphysis of the pelvis |
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Tendon sheath
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elongated bursa that wraps completely around a tendon
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Gliding Movements
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Flat bones
Intercarpal & intertarsal joints |
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plantar flexion
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Downward movement of food
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Abduction
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movement away from the midline
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Inversion and Eversion happens where?
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The foot
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Gliding Movements
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One flat bone surface glides or slips over another similar surface
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Movement allowed in the shoulder?
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Multiaxial
Freely moving synovial joint |
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Which bone in the leg is not weight-bearing?
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fibula
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Meniscus is:
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semilunar cartilage in knee
absorb shock |
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Endomysium
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** Need to label**
fine sheath of connective tissue composed of reticular fibers surrounding each muscle fiber |
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Perimysium
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**Need to label**
fibrous connective tissue that surrounds groups of muscle fibers called fascicles |
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Epimysium
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**Need to label**
an overcoat of dense regular connective tissue that surrounds the entire muscle |
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Sarcomere is the distance between ______
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2 Z discs
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Sarcoplasmic Reticulum (SR)
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SR is an elaborate, smooth endoplasmic reticulum that mostly runs longitudinally and surrounds each myofibril
Functions in the regulation of intracellular calcium levels |
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What do Calcium Ions bind to?
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Troponin
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refractory period
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Repolarization occurs in the same direction as depolarization, and must occur before the muscle can be stimulated again
The ionic concentration of the resting state is restored by the Na+-K+ pump |
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Which is least likely to dislocate:
Shoulder or Hip |
Hip
Has the strongest ligaments in the body |
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In cross bridge formation, myosin attaches to what?
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Actin Filament
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What happens during isotonic contractions?
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the muscle changes in length (decreasing the angle of the joint) and moves the load
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Why does rigor mortis occur?
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Shortly after breathing stops, ATP synthesis stops, but ATP continues to be consumed and cross bridge detachment is impossible.
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?? Matching question about I Bands
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Answer: actin
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?? Matching question about A Bands
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Answer: Actin & Myosin
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Need to label:
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I Band
A Band Z Disc Sarcomere? |