Row I
provides the major force during muscle contraction
What are prime movers?
stores neurotransmitters
What are synaptic vesicles?
the minimal strength needed to cause a muscle contraction
movement
posture maintenance
joint stability
heat generation
What are functions of muscles?
muscle tissue
nerve tissue
connective tissue
What is a muscle?
uninucleated
intercalated discs
What are characteristics of cardiac cells?
the narrow space between the end of the motor neuron and the muscle fiber
What is a synapse?
origin
insertion
What is the two points where muscles are attached to bone?
What are Calcium ions?
no striations
spindle like cells
What are characteristics of smooth muscle?
attaches muscle to bone
What is a tendon?
long threadlike cells
striated
stimulated by a nerve fiber
contracts
What are characteristics of skeletal muscle?
the region of the muscle that houses the receptors
What is the motor end plate?
maximus
Medius
minimus
What are the layers of the gluteal muscles?
muscle cell connected to a nerve cell
What is motor unit?
acetylcholine
What is the body's main neurotransmitter?
separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
What is the diaphragm?
skeletal
smooth
cardiac
What are the types of muscle tissue?
the enzyme that decomposes acetylcholine
What is cholinesterase?
external covering separates muscle
What is fascia?
actin
myosin
What are parts of myofibrils found within the muscle cell?
epimysium
perimysium
endomysium
broad flat msucles
arranged in layers
posteriorly connects to the ribs and vertebrae
linea alba anterior
What are the abdominal muscles?
Excitability
Extensibility
Elasticity
Contractility
What are characteristics of Muscles?
decrease in size of a muscle
What is atrophy?