Name that Muscle
Who's hungry? We can thank this muscle when we chew our food.
What is masseter
Aside from diet and disease, what can cause muscular atrophy?
What is lack of use?
OR
What is age?
This connects muscle to bone
What is tendon
This term describes a nerve and all the cells it stimulates
What is motor unit.
This muscle tissue is characterized by its multiple nuclei and striations
What is skeletal
Located on the thigh, this muscle is named after a tailor's ribbon.
What is sartorius.
Your muscles serve as a storage unit for this macromolecule. If your body takes too much, muscle deterioration can occur.
What is protein.
This connects muscle to muscle
What is fascia OR Ligament
This organelle stores calcium, which is integral for muscle contraction
What is sarcoplasmic reticulum
This muscle tissue is involuntary, branching, and has striations
What is cardiac
Take a deep breath before thanking these muscles
What is intercostal muscles
How long muscle deterioration occurs depends partly on how much ________ ________ you had to begin with.
What is muscle mass
The proximal attachment of muscle to a bone which does not move
What is origin
After a muscle cell receives a signal from a neuron, these ions rush into the cell
What are sodium ions
Skeletal muscle cells have long organelles that are called
What are myofibrils
This muscle's origin is located on the clavicle. It's insertion is on the mastoid.
What is sternocleidomastoid.
The process of building muscle tissue.
What is hypertrophy
The distal attachment of muscle to bone which does move
What is insertion
Most energy for muscle contraction comes from _________ ___________, which occurs in the mitochndria.
What is aerobic respiration.
This is the functional unit of skeletal muscle cells.
What is sarcomere
This muscle is part of the quadricep group, located medially to the rectus femoris
What is vastus medialis
After you use your muscles to prevent atrophy, you can thank these cells for repairing small tears, ultimately building your muscle tissue.
What are cytokines.
Broad sheet of connective tissue that connects muscles to each other or to bone
what is aponeurosis
In a resting state, this filament is covered by a protein called tropomyosin which blocks active sites so a cross-bridge cannot occur.
What is actin/ thin filament.
Thick filament is also called _________.
What is myosin