Muscle Naming
Name for chest muscles
What is the pectoralis major?
What is flexion?
Neurotransmitter received by receptors on the muscle cell; triggers contraction
Cell that signals a muscle to contract
What is a neuron?
Muscle on posterior upper arm
Upper back muscle that forms part of the neck area
Moving your arm from a straight, extended position back toward your side
What is adduction?
Muscle cells have a lot of these because they make energy needed for contraction
What are the mitochondria?
Myofilaments involved in contraction
What are actin and myosin?
Connective tissue that covers the muscle fibers
Muscle lateral to your shin bone on the anterior side
What is the tibialis anterior?
Movement that twists a limb around an axis
What is rotation?
What is the sarcolemma?
Thick filament
What is the serratus anterior?
Movement that rotates a limb in a circular motion
What is circumduction?
What is the perimysium?
Proteins that calcium binds to in order to reveal actin binding sites?
Troponin and tropomyosin
Energy source that cannot be accessed in people with CPT2 disorder
What is the rectus femoris?
Motion of turning your palms down toward the floor
Part of the muscle cell that contains calcium
What is the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
Ion that enters the cell after the acetylcholine arrives at the sarcolemma
What is sodium/Na+?
What is myasthenia gravis?