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CH 11
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
09/26/2011

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To make a muscle contract more strongly, the nervous system can activate more motor units. This process is called
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Recruitment
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The _______ is a depression in the sarcolemma that receives a motor nerve ending
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motor end plate
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before a muscle fiber can contract, ATP must bind to
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the myosin head
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Before a muscle can contract, Ca2+ must bind to
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troponin
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Skeletal muscle fibers have ______, where as smooth muscle cells do not
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T tubules
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Smooth muscle cells have _____, whereas skeletal muscle fibers do not
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calmodulin
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ACh receptors are found mainly in
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junctional folds
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single-unit smooth muscle cells can stimulate each other because they have
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gap junctions
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A person with a high VO2 max
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experiences less muscle fatigue during exercise than someone with a low VO2max
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slow oxidative fibers have all of the following EXCEPT
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an abundance of glycogen
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