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Fibrous joints:
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1. fibrous CT
2. LEAST moveable |
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Sutures:
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-fibrous joint
-made of CT w/thick collagen fibers |
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Syndesmoses:
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-fibrous joint
-longer fibers, interosseous membranes |
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Cartilaginous joints:
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-more mobile than fibrous joints
-most in the mid-line |
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Synchondroses:
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-cartilaginous joint
-Hyaline cartilage -Costal cartilage -Articular cartilage |
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Symphyses:
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-cartilaginous joint
-Hyaline + Fibrocartilage -located in : 1. intervertebral discs 2. pubic symphysis |
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Synovial (diarthroses):
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most freely movable joints
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Joint capsule:
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-fibrous CT
-synovical membrane -joint cavity |
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What is the function of synovial fluid?
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lubrication
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Seasmoid bones:
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-act as pulleys
-guide muscle movement |
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bursae:
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-extension of joint capsule
-help tendons to glide over joint |
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What is the function of articular discs/menisci?
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1. cushioning
2. absorb weight |
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Sagittal plane:
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-mostly flexion & extension
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Frontal/coronal plane:
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mostly abduction/adduction
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Transverse plane:
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mostly rotation
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Joint axis:
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line around which rotation occurs
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range of motion:
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amount of motion allowed at a joint
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planar-
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sliding joints
ex: 1. clavicle 2. carpals 3. tarsals |
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uniaxial:
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one joint axis
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biaxial:
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ellipsoid or saddle
ex: 1. radiocarpal 2. proximal thumb joint |
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multiaxial:
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ball & socket
ex: shoulder and hip |
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scapula:
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movements: elevation, depression, rotation, protraction, retraction
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glenohumeral:
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movements: flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, medial rotation, lateral rotation
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humeroulnar joint:
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movements:
1. flexion (decrease angle) 2. extension |
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radioulnar joint:
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movements:
1. pronation 2. supanation |
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wrist:
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flexion, extension, radial deviation, ulnar deviation
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fingers:
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flexion, extension, abduct, adduct, opposition (thumb)
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clavicle:
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-only bony attachment in body
-intramembranous ossification -extends from sternum to acromion -most commonly broken |
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sternoclavicular joint:
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-where clavicle articulates w/manubrium
-can move anteriorly and superiorly -fibrocartilage -gliding joint |
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Scapula:
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-between ribs
-posterior part of rib cage b/w ribs 2 & 7 -anterior surface touches rib cage -triangular |
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glenohumeral joint:
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-most mobile joint in the body
-labrum helps hold it in place |
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4 legged animals don't have:
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clavicle because they are built for motion
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In the humerus, the trochlea is:
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medial
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In the humerus the capitulum is:
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lateral
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How many joints in the elbow?
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3 joints
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Capitulum articulates with:
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radius to allow for pronation and supanation
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2 radioulnar joints:
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proximal and distal, allow for pronation and supanation
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Interosseous membrane lies b/w:
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bones
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Wrist contains:
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8 bones with little motion
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In pronation, the radius and ulna:
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cross
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Most motion in the wrist is through:
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radiocarpal joint
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Carpals have:
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very little motion
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Palm contains:
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5 bones
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Carpometacarpal joint:
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abduction and adduction
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Pelvic girdle:
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-attaches lower limb to axial skeleton and supports viscera
-does not move -built for stability |
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Movements of the hip:
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-flexion, extension, abduct, adduct, external + internal rotation
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Movements of the knee:
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-flexion, extension, tiny rotation (knee locks)
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Movements of the ankle:
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-dorsi flexion: point toes up
-plantar flexion: point toes down -inversion -eversion |
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Movements of the toe:
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-flexion
-extension -abduction -adduction |
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Nutation:
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pelvis moving on sacrum
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3 main ossification centers (innominate or coxcal bones that form pelvis):
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1. ilium
2. pubis 3. ischium |
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False pelvis:
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enclosed by ilium
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True pelvis:
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-contains hole infant passes through
-wider in women |
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Sacrotuberous ligament:
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located in Ischial tuberosity
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Sacrospinous ligament:
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located in ischial spine
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In the hip joint, the ball is the :
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head of femur
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In the hip joint, the socket is:
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acetabulum of pelvis
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Hip joint contains:
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-fibrocartilage pad
-deeper ball and socket -deep acetabalum (all 3 oss. centers contribute) |
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Femur:
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-largest bone in the body
-hard to dislocate -has long neck -has condyles that form knee joint -has ligament with a dimple called fovea |
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Knee:
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-most complex joint in the body
-most injured, unstable |
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Menisci:
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-fibrocartilagenous pad
-absorbs force w/in knee |
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ligaments in knee:
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-6 ligaments in knee
-limit motion |
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popliteal:
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posterior ligament in knee
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collateral ligament:
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medial (attached to medial meniscus)and lateral ligaments i knee, on sides of condyles, stop tibia from swinging
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cruciates:
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anterior & posterior, b/w condyles, cross over each other, contained w/in joint capsule, stop tibia from moving away from femur like a drawer
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patella:
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-acts to make a larger moment arm for the quadriceps muscles
-can get dislocated due to tracking (medial, laterally) |
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talus:
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-part of ankle
-allows for dorsi/plantarflexion |
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calcaneus:
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-part of ankle
-very strong, forms heel |
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transverse tarsal and subtalar joints:
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allow for inversion and eversion
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arches:
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transverse and longitudinal: help in walking by cushioning and storing energy
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Plantar aponeurosis:
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-arch
-sole of foot |
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Long plantar ligament:
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-extends from calcaneus to cuboid
-3 metatarsals |
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Short plantar ligament:
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-calcaneous, cuboid
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Spring ligament:
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-calcaneus to navicular
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Muscles:
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-locomotion
-digestion -vision & hearing -support -circulation -thermoregulation -ALWAYS PULL |
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Characteristics of muscle:
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1. Contractility
2. Excitability 3. Extensibility 4. Elasticitity |
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Conractility:
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-get shorter, generating force
-active |
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Excitability:
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-stimulated by nerves to contract
-exception: heart, excitable among itself |
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Extensibility:
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- can be stretched back to resting length
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Elasticity:
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-recoil
-when stretched past resting length, they'll recoil -like a "spring" |
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Skeletal muscles:
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- voluntary
-associated with bones and cartilage -striated: myoblasts join to form muscle fiber |
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Muscle fiber:
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-multinucleate
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Sarcolemma:
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cell membrane
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Myofibrils:
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collection of thick and thin fibers
-cause striation -80% of cytoplasm |
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Myofibrils consists of:
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1. sarcomere
2. actin 3. myosin |
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Sarcomere:
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functional unit of myofibrils that contracts, repeating elements of myofibrils, bound by z-discs
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Actin:
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-thin fibers
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Myosin:
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-thick fibers
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Origin:
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tendonous CT attachment, fuse with periosteum
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Belly:
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muscle tissue
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Insertion:
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tendonous CT attachment, fuse with periosteum
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Connective tissue sheaths:
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1. epimysium
2. perimysium 3. endomysium |
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Epimysium:
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surrounds whole muscle
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Perimysium:
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surrounds fascicles
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Endomysium:
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surrounds sarcolemma
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Parallel fibers:
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in:
1. strap muscle 2. fusiform muscle -parallel to line that goes from origin to insertion, parallel to line of action |
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Angled fibers:
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-angled to line of action
-pennate |
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Motor unit:
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motor neuron and muscle fiber it innervates
-all or nothing -regulation of force is by changing number of motor units used -all muscle fibers shorten, but only stimulated ones generate a force |
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Prime mover:
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main muscle for an action
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All movements require:
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more than 1 muscle
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Antagonists perform:
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opposite action
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Synergists perform:
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same action
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Isotonic contraction:
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shortening (aka concentric)
-muscle contracts (molecular level) + shortens |
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Isometric contraction:
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no length change
-contraction, length stays same ex: trying to move heavy object but enough force isn't generated |
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Eccentric contraction:
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-lengthening
-contraction, muscle lengthens |
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What affects muscle performance?
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1. muscle fiber length
2. fiber number |
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muscle fiber length:
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Longer fibers generate a similar force over a greater distance
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Fiber number:
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increase cross sectional area, increase force
-pennate: pack more fibers, generate more force to save material ex: deltoid |