NMJ
The neurotransmitter released by the neuron
What is Acetylcholine?
The thin filament
What is Actin?
The location where cells produce ATP
What is the Mitochondria?
A single action potential and firing of a muscle cell
What is a Twitch?
A contraction that easily changes muscle length, easy to repeat
The ion that is representative of electricity on the muscle cell
What is Na+?
The thick filament
What is Myosin?
The normal way by which cells want to produce ATP
What is Aerobic Cellular Respiration?
Many firings of a muscle cell (not allowing any relaxation)
What is Tetanus?
A set of muscle contractions where a pair of muscles shorten and lengthen simultaneously to move a body part
The enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitter in the NMJ
What is Ach-ase?
The protein that covers the active sites of the thin filament
What is Tropomyosin?
The molecule that holds excess Phosphates for later use and the molecule that holds excess Oxygen for later use in muscle cells
What are Creatine and Myoglobin?
Many firings of a muscle cell (allowing slight relaxion)
A very difficult muscle contraction where the muscle barely changes length or doesn't change in length at all
What is an Isometric Contraction?
The end result of Botox injections
The protein that anchors the thick filaments within the Sarcomere. This protein is also the median line of a Sarcomere.
What is Myomesin?
The molecule produced during anaerobic time periods by muscle cells when they break down glucose
What is Lactic Acid?
The period of time whereby a muscle can not receive another signal
What is the Refractory Period?
The other functions of skeletal muscles other than moving the limbs
What are posture control, heat production (shivering or otherwise), and joint stabilization?
The special name for the muscle cell's membrane, and the indents that are evenly spaced along it
What is the Sarcolemma and what are the Transverse T Tubules?
In order to build a lot of proteins, you need a lot of these two organelles.
The condition by which muscle cells can no longer make more ATP, but they receive a mild amount of Ca2+, therefore they contract, yet they can't stop contracting until the proteins degrade
What is Rigor Mortis?
The period of time wherein a muscle cell has received a stimulus yet has not fired yet.
What is the Latent Period?
Gradients of ions are constantly created by these (such as Ca2+ in the SR or Na+ on the Sarcolemma)
What are pumps and co transport mechanisms?