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55 Cards in this Set
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Skeletal Muscle
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Striated, 40% of body weight
In skeletal muscles, discrete organs Voluntary |
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Smooth Muscle
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Non-striated
In hollow organs Involuntary |
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Cardiac Muscle
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Striated, branched
Surrounds heart involuntary |
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Connective tissue layers from superficial to deep
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Epimysium, perimysium, endomysium
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Deep Fascia
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connective tissue that binds muscles together
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Perimysium
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divides skeletal muscles into fascicles
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Endomysium
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surrounds and interconnects muscle fibers
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Epimysium
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surrounds whole muscle
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Function of Skeletal muscle?
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protect internal organs, posture, temperature, guards entrances and exits
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Diaphragm is made up of what muscle?
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Smooth muscle
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Sarcolemma
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cell membrane of a muscle cell
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Mitochondria
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produces energy needed for skeletal muscle to contract and relax
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Myofibirls
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take up most of volume of skeletal muscle, and increase in number and size with exercise
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Calcium
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released causing contraction after a muscle fiber is stimulated
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Motor unit
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one motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates
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Powerstroke
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tension produced by a skeletal muscle to maintain body position without muscle contraction
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Muscle atrophy
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damage to the nerves innervating a muscle
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Whole muscle
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a bundle of fascicles
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Fascicle
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a bundle of muscle fibers
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Actin
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a muscle protein that is found in thin filament of a sarcomere
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Aponeuroses
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thick flattened sheets formed by tendons
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Satellite cells
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repair damaged muscle tissue and are deep to endomysium
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Sarcomere
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the contractile or functional unit of a muscle
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Tendon
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a band of dense regular connective tissue that attaches a skeletal muscle to periosteum of a bone
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Somatic muscle reflex involves what?
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nerves, skeletal muscle tissue, tendons, and bones
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Acetylcholine
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the neurotransmitter the body uses at the somatic neuromuscular junction
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Rigor Mortis
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the condition of contracture that occurs to skeletal muscle several hours after death
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Endothelial cell
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simple squamous epithelial lining of cardiovascular system
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Leukocytes (WBCs)
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move though vascular walls to fight infection and clean up cell debris
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Myocardium
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contractile muscle tissue of heart
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Chordae tendonae
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attaches cusps of atrioventricular valves to papillary muscles
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Aneurysm
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an abnormal expansion of an artery
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Tachycardia
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chronic heart rate faster than 100 bpm
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Bradycardia
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chronic heart rate less than 60 bpm
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Anemia
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decreased oxygen carrying capaicty of blood
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Systole
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contractions of ventricles
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Diastole
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relaxation of ventricles
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Erythrocytes
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produced in red bone marrow and destroyed in liver and spleen
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Pulmonary Circuit
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transports oxygenated blood to left atrium
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Systemic Circuit
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transports deoxygenated blood to right atrium
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Ligamentum arteriosum
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a remnant of the ductus arteriosus
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Hypertension
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chronic high blood pressure
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Coronary Arteries
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transport oxygenated blood from aorta to myocardium
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Angioplasty
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surgical repair of an occluded coronary artery
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Coronary Bypass
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surgical procedure that diverts blood around a blockage in a coronary artery
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Normal pacemaker is located where?
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Right atrium
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What is the heart referred to?
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electrical syncytium because of the gap junctions between adjacent cells
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Sinoarterial Node
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initiates heart beat, it doesn't regulate it
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Neutrophils
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Destroys bacteria by phagocytosis
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Eosinophils
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Turn off allergic responses and kill parasites in intestines
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Basophils
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Release histamine and other mediators of inflammation
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T-Lymphocytes
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Directly attack
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B-Lymphocytes
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Mark virus with antibody
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Monocytes
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Phagocytize, develop into microphages in tissues
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Platelets
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Seal small tears in blood vessels
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