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107 Cards in this Set
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The functions of muscles are
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-movement/locomotion (internal and external)
-they help stabilize body positions -thermoregulation |
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whenever a muscle cell contracts it generates...
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heat
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in goosebumps the ____________ are contracting and relaxing so they can provide warmtht othe body
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arrector pili muscles
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Muscles should make up ________ of your body weight
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40-50%
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The three fundamental ways that muscle tissue types differ
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Microscopic anatomy
Location How they are controlled |
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The three ways that muscles are told to contract...
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nerves
hormonal autorhythmically |
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Muscles that control their own contractions are said to be
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autorhythmic
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Three types of muscle cells
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skeletal
smooth -visceral -multiunit cardiac |
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characteristics of skeletal muscle
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attached to the bones of the moving skeleton (mostly arms and legs), considered voluntary, elongated (often called muscle fibers instead of cells), and striated (light and dark bands)
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contractile units of myofibrils
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sarcomeres
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general chacteristics of both smooth muscle types
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primarily involuntary and no striations
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characteristics of visceral smooth muscle
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lines the walls of hollow organs and blood vessels
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facts pertaining to multiunit smooth muscle
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includes arrector pili muscles and the muscles that control the opening and closing of the pupil (the iris is a multiunit smooth muscle)
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cardiac muscle facts
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exclusively makes up the heart, involuntary, elongated and highly branched, autorhythmic, have intercalated discs (thickening of the membrane between cells that contain gap junctions)
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what allows the current from the SA node to reach all the heart muscles at the same time in the atria and then the ventricles
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gap junctions
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the membrane of muscle cells are made up of_____________________
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a phospholipid bilayer
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what 4 things do phospholipids allow to pass through them
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water
carbon dioxide oxygen small lipids |
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since charged particles do not readily pass through muscle cell membranes, what has to happen to get it through
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a protein doorway has to be opened
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muscle cells will always be more _______ inside and more_______ outside.
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negative inside
positive outside |
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the most abundant ion outside a muscle cell is
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Na+
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whenever a cell has a difference in charge across its membrane we say the cell has_________________
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membrane potential
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the movement of charged particles(ions) is an
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electrical current
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a cell with a difference in charge has...
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membrane potential
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what needs to happen in order for the sodium ions to get into the cell
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a sodium ion channel needs to be opened on the membrane
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whenever anything goes from a very high concentration to a low concentration __________ is generated
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Energy
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when sodium ions fly into the cell________ is generated
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energy because the Na+ is going from an area of high concentration to low concentration
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the rolling open of sodium ion channels from the E that is created from the initial sodium ion channel being opened is called
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action potential
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E is self perpetuated after
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the first sodium ion channel has been opened
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The rolling open of the sodium ion channels around a muscle cell membrane is called an
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action potential
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what causes a muscle cell to contract
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the action potential running around the muscle cell
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no membrane potential equals
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no action potential
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what opens the first sodium ion channel
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sometimes by a nerve or a hormone, and sometimes it can open all by itself because it is autorhythmic
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the first sodium ion channel in skeletal muscle is typically opened via
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a nerve
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the first sodium ion channel in multiunit smooth muscle is always open with
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a nerve
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the first sodium ion channel in cardiac muscle is opened
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autorhythmically
they open their own |
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the first sodium ion channel in visceral smooth is typically opened
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autorythmically or hormonally
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the question...how does a muscle control its contraction means...
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how do they open their first sodium ion channel to start their action potential
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a muscle cell with contract forcefully in response to an action potential is
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contractility
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two types of contractility
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isotonic and isometric
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when muscles contract and they shorten it is called
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isotonic contractility
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when muscles contract and they become tense without shortening it is called
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isometric contractility
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when a muscle can be streched be without damaging it that is called
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extensibility
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whenver you shorten one muscle you have to _____________ another to accomodate the shortening of the first
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stretch
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the ability of a muscle to return back to its original shape after it has been streched is referred to as
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elasticity
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4 important properties of muscle tissue
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electrically excitable
contractility extensibility elasticity |
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name the strongest contraction possible
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complete or fused tetanus
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two ways muscle contractions are controlled
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number and size of motor units recruited (how many individual muscle cells are cntracted) and the frequency of stimulation
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3 special ways ATP is used in muscle cells
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repolarizing the cell (pumping Ca+ out of the cell) to restore membrane potential
activating myacin heads pushing Ca+ back into the sarcoplasmic reticulum |
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true or false
perimysium CT wrappings surrounds groups of 10-100 muscle fibers |
true
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the muscle cell membrane is referred to as the
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sarcolemma
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the sarcoplasmic reticulum houses what type of ion
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Ca
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name the contractile proteins of the sarcomere
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actin and myocin
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what is the function of calcium ions in a muscle cell contraction
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releases troponin
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CT wrapping around individual muscle cells
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endomysium
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name given to the muscle cell membrane
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sarcolemma
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communication between a neuron and another cell is called a
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synapse
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protein making up the thin filaments of sarcomeres
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actin
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during a twitch contraction the period of time when the muscle cell cannot receive another stimulus from a neuron if referred to as the
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refractory period
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the strenght of a muscle contraction is controlled by
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the number of motor units recruited and the frequency of stimulation
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a bundle of muscle cells wrapped with the perimysium CT layer
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fascicle
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true or false
perimysium CT wrapping surrounds groups of 10-100 muscle fibers |
true
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CT wrapping that surrounds the whole muscle
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epimysium
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a bundle of muscle cells wrapped with the perimysium CT layer
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fascicle
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CT wrapping around individual muscle cells
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endomysium
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chemical housed within the synaptic vesicles of the neuron synaptic end bulb
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neurotransmitters
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the muscle cell membrane is referred to as the
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sarcolemma
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function of calcium ions in a muscle contraction
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release troponin
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protein making up the thick filaments within sarcomeres
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myosin
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protein making up the thin filaments of sarcomeres
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actin
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oxygen-binding protein found within muscle cells
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Myoglobin
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a motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it associates with
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Motor Unit
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tracing of the response of a muscle cell to an electrical current during one contraction
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Twitch Contraction
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thickening of the sarcolemma between cardiac muscle cells that contain gap junctions
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Intercalated Discs
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protein making up the "M" line within sarcomeres
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Myomesin
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phosphate-binding protein within muscle cells
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Creatine
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membraneous tube within muscle cells that houses calcium ions and is comparable to the endoplasmic reticulum of other cel
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Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
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enzyme that shuttles phosphate groups between creatine and ADP within muscle cells
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Creatine Kinase
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a bundle of muscle cells wrapped with the perimysium connective tissue layer
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Fascicle
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contractile units of myofibrils
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Sarcomeres
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connective tissue wrapping around bundles of 10 - 100 muscle cells
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Perimysium
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connective tissue wrapping around individual muscle cells
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Endomysium
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immature muscle cell
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Myoblast
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connective tissue wrapping that surrounds the whole muscle
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Epimysium
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protein that secures the tropomyosin around the thin filaments in a relaxed sarcomere
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Troponin
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name given to the muscle cell membrane
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Sarcolemma
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name given to the cytoplasm of muscle cells
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Sarcoplasm
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middle primary germ layer from which muscle cells are derived
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Mesoderm
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protein wrapping around the thin filaments in a relaxed sarcomere
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Tropomyosin
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another name for a muscle cell
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Muscle Fiber
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contractile units of myofibrils
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sarcomeres
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enzyme that shuttles phosphate groups between creatine and ADP within muscle cells
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creatine kinase
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a motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it associates with
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motor unit
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a bundle of muscle cells wrapped with the perimysium CT layer
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fascicle
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CT wrapping that surrounds the whole muscle
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epimysium
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protein making up the M line within sarcomeres
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myomesin
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phosphate-binding protein within muscle cells
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creatine
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the quickest way to make ATP is
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for creatine kinase to make ATP out of ADP
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how long does the energy last made from ADP to ATP
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15-30 seconds
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what does creatine kinase do with the extra phosphate from ATP when it turns it into ADP
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connects it to creatine to make creatine phosphate
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how long does the energy last from glycolosis
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25-30 sec
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excess intake of oxygen following a strenuous activity is referred to as
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oxygen debt
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since smooth muscles do not have striations...what do they have
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dense bodies
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what are dense bodies associated with
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the membrane as well as the body of the smooth muscle cell
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what type of filaments do smooth muscles have
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intermediate
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what do the intermediate filaments in smooth muscles attach to
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the dense bodies
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where do dense bodies in smooth muscles pull
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to one another
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how do smooth muscles contract v/s skeletal and cardiac
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smooth muscle has a corkscrew effect or curls/coils and then relaxes
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