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45 Cards in this Set
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Aer
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Air
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An
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Not
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Bi
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Two
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Caput
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Head
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Epi
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On
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Clavius
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Clavicle
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Di
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Two
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Ergon
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Work
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Fasciculus
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A bundle
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Gaster
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Stomach
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Hyper
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Above
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Iso
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Equal
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Kneme
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Knee
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Lemma
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Husk
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Meros
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Part
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Metron
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Measure
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Mys
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Muscle
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Peri
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Around
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Platys
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Flat
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Sarkos
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Flesh
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Syn
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Together
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Tetanos
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Convulsive tension
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Tonos
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Tension
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Trope
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A turning
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Trophy
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Nourishing
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Anaerobic
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No on oxygen requiring process
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Complete tetanus
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Occurs when the rate of stimulation is increased in total relaxation phase is completely eliminated producing maximum tension
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Cross-bridges
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Myosin head that projects from the surface of a thick filament in that can going to an active site of a thin film in the presence of calcium ions
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Glycolysis
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The breakdown of glucose to pyruvic acid in the cytoplasm of the cell
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Insertion
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End of the origin where the muscle is
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Isometric contraction
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The muscle as a whole does not change length , in the tension produce never exceeds the resistance
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Isotonic contraction
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Tension rises in the skeletal muscles length changes
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Lactic acid
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Pyruvic acid is converted into this. A related three carbon molecule
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Motor unit
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Controls the muscle fibers by single motor neuron
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Myofilaments
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Protein filaments consisting primarily of The protein actin and myosin
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Myoglobin
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Globular protein structurally related to Hemoglobin
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Neuromuscular junction
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A specific type of neuroaffector junction
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Origin
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Where the muscle begins
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Prime mover
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Or agonist, is a muscle who's contraction is chiefly responsible for producing a particular movement
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Sarcomere
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Produces a banded appearance Myofilaments organize into repeating functional units called this
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Sarcoplasmic reticulum
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A specialized form of smooth endoplasmic reticulum, forms a tubular network around each of microfibril
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Synergist
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Is a muscle that helps a prime mover work efficiently
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Tendon
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Strands of collagen fibers that attach skeletal muscles to bones
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transverse tubules
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openings scattered across the surface of the sarcolemna lead into the network of narrow tubules
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Prime mover
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Or agonist, is a muscle who's contraction is chiefly responsible for producing a particular movement
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