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-motion
-posture (for soft tissues)
-maintain body temperature |
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-long multinucleated
-striations
-muscles of limbs |
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-long cells containing one nucleus
-found in GI tract and walls of blood vessels |
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| -uni nucleated branching cells arranged end to end |
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| -loose CT which covers individual muscle fibers |
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| surrounds bundles of muscle fibers (fascicles) |
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-surrounds bundles of muscle fibers
-covers entire muscle |
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| CT that binds several muscle groups together |
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-dense CT
-thin, tendonous sheet
-muscle to bone |
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-smooth ER
-stores Ca+ and releases during contraction |
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| -tube like extension of sarcolemma which transmits nerve impulse to SR throughout cell |
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| cylindrical unit which run entire length of muscle fiber "contractile organelles) |
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-found in myofibrils
-actin and myosin |
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| repeating functional unit composed of myofilaments |
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-dark band
-actin and myosin |
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-actin slides inward
-myosin remains stationary
-initiated by ACH |
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-motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it controls
-the more precise, the smaller the unit |
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-high myoglobin (for oxygen storage/distribution)
-aerobic
-many mitochondria
-highly vascular
-fatigue resistant
-contract slowly for long periods
-ex. posture muscles |
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| White Fast Twitch Muscles |
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-large glycogen reserves
-anaerobic
-powerful contraction
-fatigue quickly
-ex. throwing |
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| tension develops and remains stable as muscle shortens and movement occurs |
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-tension develops with muscle contraction
-muscle doesn't shorten, no movement occurs |
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