Muscle Power
This structure is made up of sacromeres.
What is a muscle fiber?
This muscle is found in the posterior compartment of our upper arm and is an antagonist to the biceps brachii.
What are the triceps brachii?
This is the part of the neuron that sends signals.
What is the axon?
This part of the cerebrum contains the primary motor cortex.
What is the frontal lobe?
This type of structure in your eye is able to sense color.
What is a cone?
This refers to the cell membrane of a muscle cell.
What is the sarcolemma?
This major, convergently shaped shoulder muscle is responsible for stabilizing the arm and elevating the shoulder.
What is the deltoid?
This axon covering helps neurons transmit signals faster.
What is myelin?
This part of the brain contains arbor vitae and is responsible for find tuning movements.
What is the cerebellum?
These structures allow for gustatory sensations.
What are taste buds?
This neurotransmitter is released into the synaptic cleft to begin a skeletal muscle contraction.
What is acetylcholine?
These muscles are responsible for allowing for trunk rotation and lateral flexation.
What are obliques?
This glial cell makes up the blood-brain barrier.
What is an astrocyte?
This part of the brainstem contains the cardiac center, which controls heart rate.
What is the medulla oblongata?
What is mucus?
This important ion is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum's cisternae during a depolarization event to start a muscle contraction.
What is calcium
This muscle is associated with chewing and talking. It is attached to the zygomatic bone and the mandible.
What is the masseter?
What is the cell body?
What is the receptive segment?
This portion of the brain is responsible for secreting melatonin.
What is the pineal gland?
This is a fluid filled, snail shaped structure in the inner ear that allows us to have hearing.
What is the cochlea?
This type of muscle fiber is good for activities that require long term energy expenditure. They look darker colored due to being highly vascularized.
What are slow twitch fibers?
This muscle is associated with flexing the thumb.
What is the flexor pollicus longus?
ESPS and ISPS are both types of _____ that build up at the axon hillock.
What are graded voltages?
This portion of the brain is responsible for regulating homeostasis in the body. Directly connected to the pituitary gland.
What is the hypothalamus?
These type of touch receptors detect deep pressure and high frequency vibrations.
What is a laminated corpuscle?