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_____ contractions are those in which the muscle shortens and does work.
Concentric
_____ contractions are those in which the muscle lengthens.
Eccentric
_____ contractions are more powerful than _____ contractions.
Eccentric, concentric
_____ contractions are those in which the muscle neither shortens nor lengthens.
Isometric
Smooth muscle contractions are called _____.
Peristalsis
_____ contractions are those in which the muscle length changes and moves the load.
Isotonic
In _____ contractions, the heavier the load, the _____ the contraction.
Isotonic, slower
T/F:
You always have body movement, no matter the contraction.
FALSE
_____ muscles have gap junctions, but aren't chemically coupled cells.
Smooth
_____ potential defined by charges across the membrane. Outside is negative, inside is positive.
Resting
Resting potential has a _____ charge outside and a _____ charge on the inside.
negative, positive
_____ respond to light.
Photoreceptors
Photoreceptors of the eye contain _____ and _____.
Rods, cones
_____ are found in the photoreceptors and are sensitive to light.
Rods
_____ are very sensitive to light and are best suited for night vision.
Rods
_____ need bright light for activation and allow for color perception.
Cones
_____ _____ is where the nerve leaves the eye to the brain.
Optic disc
_____ is a transparent mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and folds back over the anterior surface of the eyeball.
Conjuctiva
Resting potentials has Na ions _____ and K ions _____ the cell.
outside, inside
All taste sensations occur ______.
On the top of the tongue.
To be able to taste/smell _____.
molecules must be soluble in saliva or mucous.
_____ is fluid inside the membrane of the inner ear.
Enolymph
_____ is fluid between the bones and membranes.
Perilymph
High frequencies are sensed by _____.
the base of the cochlea.
Low frequencies are sensed _____.
by the top of the cochlea.
____ is fluid located in the posterior eye.
Vitreous humor
_____ is the fluid located in the anterior eye.
aqueous humor
Retinal sensitivity ____ and visual activity ____ when first acclimating to light.
decreases, increases
_____ _____ is the degeneration of muscles leading to atrophy
muscular dystrophy
_____ muscles are the muscles capable of regeneration.
smooth
____ and ____ are fibers of muscles.
myosin and actin
Intense exercise of short duration produces ____ rapidly, but recovery is _____.
fatigue, rapid
Strongest muscle contraction is achieved by _____.
increasing voltage of stimuli
During exercise, an _____ of muscle cells cannot occur because skeletal muscles cannot divide.
increase
Actin is normally blocked by _____ not allowing an interaction with myosin. _____ binds, allowing an interations.
troponin, calcium
_____ stores oxygen inside muscle cells.
Myoglobin
_____ reticulum is former _____ reticulum and stores _____.
Sarcoplasmic, endoplasmic, calcium
_____ is found between two _____ discs.
sarcomere, Z
_____ is the functional unit of skeletal muscle.
sarcomere
_____ period is the first few milliseconds following stimulation when excitation-contraction coupling occurs.
latent
The level of calcium _____ when action potential is gone.
drops
_____, _____, and _____ make striations in muscle cells.
actin, myosin, and sarcomere
_____ surrounds each individual muscle fiber.
endomysium
_____ surrounds whole muscle cells.
epimysium
_____ surrounds fascicles layer of fibrous tissue.
perimysium
_____ is the protein that functions as troponin in smooth muscles.
calmodulin
Athletes warm up to increase the level of _____ inside of the cells.
calcium
During the _____ period, cells cannot be stimulated again until re polarization is completed.
refractory
_____, ______, and _____ are the three properties of muscle cells.
contractibility, excitability, and extensability
Skeletal muscles are _____ _____ shape and contain _____ nuclei.
long cylidrical, many
_____ muscles drive aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
skeletal
Cardiac muscles are _____ _____ shaped and contain _____ nuclei
short branched, 1-2
_____ muscles cannot drive anaerobic respiration.
Cardiac
_____ _____ is a constant state of slight contraction in skeletal muscles.
muscle tone
In muscle tone, flexors have ____ tone than extensors.
more
_____ are sensitive to light, black and white vision, and are not precise
Rods
_____ are not sensitive to light, color vision, and are precise.
cones
_____ layer functions as protection to fibrous tissue.
tunic
_____ allows light to enter the eye and is part of the light-bending apparatus of the eye.
Cornea
_____ is blood vessl-rich, dark brown membrane of the eye. Composed of two tissues: vascular and smooth.
choroid
The middle ear is connected to the pharnyx by the _____ _____ tube.
pharengeal tympanic
the _____ _____ equalizes the pressure of the inner ear to the pressure of the outside.
pharengeal tympanic tube
The _____ _____ is in the middle of the _____ in the inner ear and opens the _____ on the cochlea side.
oval window, stapes, sala vestibula
Balance is delivered to the _____ _____ first, then to the _____, and finally to the _____.
brain stem, thalamus, rest of the cortex
_____ ______ is a mismatch between visual and equilibrium input to the brain.
motion sickness
_____ are stones ontop of hair cells that help with equilibrium.
otoliths
_____ deafness occurs when something hampers sound conduction to the fluids of the internal ear.
conduction
Along with conduction deafness, damage to the ____ also causes deafness.
nerve
The _____ nerve is the first synapse in the medulla
vestibularcochlear
In the US, employees must wear ear protection at _____ db or higher.
90
_____ is not a type of taste bud.
filiform
_____ is a degeneration disease of the olfactory nerve. causes an inability to smell.
anosmiasis
_____ _____ are part of the retina
cilliary bodies
_____ muscles are located on the bottom of the eye.
Inferior
_____ muscles are located on the top of the eye.
Superior
_____ muscles are located on the inside of the eye.
medial
_____ muscles are located on the outside of the eye.
lateral