Neuromuscular Junctions
What is a neuromuscular junction?
Where a motor neuron and skeletal muscle fiber communicate
What is the smallest unit of a muscle?
myofilament
What connects skeletal muscle to bone?
tendon
Muscles ability to be stretched without tearing?
What is the name of Harry Potter's red headed best friend?
Ron Weasley
What is the smallest part of a cell called?
organelle
What is the largest wrapping of a muscle called?
epimysium
What is a fascicle?
A bundle of muscle fibers
A muscle's ability to shorten
How many bones are there in the human body?
206
What is regulated in the sarcoplasmic recticulum?
calcium
What everyday item is a skeletal muscle most similar to?
Rope
An organ made up on fascicles is called what?
a muscle
A muscle's ability to return to its original shape?
Elasticity
NaCl is better known as what?
Salt
What is the deep part of the sarcolemma called?
T-tubules
What is the thin myofilament called?
actin
Long proteins that make up each muscle fiber?
myofibril
What is a split an example of?
Extensibility
Which letter represents 50 in roman numerals?
L
A chemical message released by neurons
What is another name for muscle cell?
muscle fiber
What action happens in the sarcomere?
contraction
A muscle's ability to respond to stimuli
Excitability
What gives plants their color?