Skeletal Muscles
Muscle Contraction
Smooth Muscles
Mechanisms of Muscle Contraction
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100

It causes the cross bridge to detach

ATP

100

Depolarization

Na+ entering the cell

100

This movement is seen in the smooth muscles of the intestines

What is peristalsis? 

100

This enzyme breaks down Acetylcholine

What is acetylcholinesterase?

100

A neurotransmitter released at motor end plates by the axon terminals

What is acetylcholine? 

200

Functions in calcium storage

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

200

No ATP is available to release attached actin and myosin molecules causes this condition

Rigor mortis

200

Activates myosin (light chain) kinase

What is Calmodulin?

200

Causes recruitment of muscle fibers

The stimulus strength increases

200
You have conscience control over this muscle

What is skeletal muscle

300

It holds thick filaments in place; helps recoil after stretch and resists excessive stretching

Titan

300

Relay the action potential to the sarcolemma

What is the T tubule?

300

There no relaxation at all between stimuli, and we reach maximal muscle contraction,

What is fused tetanus? 

300

The membrane directly underneath the endomysium

What is the sarcolemma? 

300

This organ starts skeletal muscle contraction

What is the brain?

400

It Links the thin filaments to proteins of sarcolemma

Dystrophin

400

K+ exiting the cell

Repolarization

400

It catalyzes the transfer of phosphate to myosin, in smooth muscle contraction

Myosin (light chain) kinase

400

The muscle is shortened because muscle tension increases and exceeds load

What is an isotonic contraction?

400

It activates the synaptic vesicles in axon terminals causing release of the neurotransmitter

What is calcium?

500

Serves as a contraction inhibitor by blocking the actin binding sites on the sarcoplasmic reticulum

Tropomyosin

500

Events of excitation-contraction coupling; no muscle tension

What is the latent period? 

500

When the load exceeds the strength of the muscle contraction

What is an Isometric contraction? 

500

The structure in skeletal muscles contains glycosomes for glycogen storage, and myoglobin for O2 storage

What is the Sarcoplasm? 

500

Na channels open, Na channels close, K channels open, K channels close

What are the steps of an action potential? 

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