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List the 3 types of muscular tissue and if they are voluntary or involuntary

Cardiac- involuntary 

Smooth- involuntary

Skeletal- voluntary

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What protein(s) make(s) up thin filaments?

What protein makes up thick filaments? 

Actin (main) + tropomyosin and troponin

Myosin

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Diagonal to midline

Oblique 

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True or False: Sodium is necessary for the contraction cycle 

False: Calcium

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The space between the synaptic end bulb and motor end plate

Synaptic cleft

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What muscles make up the quadriceps femoris

Rectus femoris, Vastus lateralis, Vastus medialis, and Vastus intermedius

200

List the 3 connective tissues that surround and protect muscular tissue from most superficial to deepest. 

Epimysium-surrounds entire muscle

Perimysium- surrounds the fascicles

Endomysium- wraps each individual muscle fiber

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Diamond Shaped

Rhomboid

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True or False: Aerobic Cellular Respiration produces ATP in the mitochondria 

True

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What is the location where the tendon attaches (the most stationary end)?

Origin 

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List the 4 special properties of muscular tissue

1. Electrical excitability

2. Contractility

3. Extensibility

4. Elasticity

300

A network of fluid filled membrane enclosed tubules that stores calcium ions required for muscle contraction

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Turns palm anteriorly

Supinator 

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True or False: Fast glycolytic fibers (FG) are used for a slow contraction period and are fatigue resistant. 

False: Slow Oxidative (SO)

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What is the name of a muscle(s) who help(s) the prime mover

Synergist(s)

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This eye muscle abducts the eye

Lateral Rectus

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What blocks myosin from binding to actin at rest

Tropomyosin

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Widest

Latissimus
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True or False: Smooth muscle has a fast contraction speed


False: Slow

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What kind of fiber would you see a lot in marathon runners? 

Slow oxidative (fatigue resistan and large amounts of myoglobin and mitochondria)

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This muscle helps close the mouth and is located in your cheek region 

Masseter

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What is it called when the cross bridge swivels releasing ADP and shortens the sarcomere

Power stroke

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Produces Superior Movement

Levator 

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True or False: The semitendinosus is the middle muscle of the hamstring group

True

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What kind of ATP production can produce energy for 2 minutes of maximal muscle activity? 

Anaerobic gycolysis