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Special Senses and Muscles
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
02/18/2011

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Nociceptors
Definition
What is found in the surface of the skin as well as some internal organs?
Term
Special Senses
Definition
What are limited to the head and are innervated by cranial nerves?
Term
Muscle Spindles
Definition
Located in skeletal muscles near the tendon, and are involved in sensation of muscle stretches
Term
Golgi Tendon Organs
Definition
Located in the tendons, detect tension on tendons
Term
Merkel Discs
Definition
Tonic Receptors for light touch
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Somesthetic Sense
Definition
Receptors that are widely distributed in the skin, muscles,tendons, joint capsules and viscera
Term
Exteroceptors
Definition

External Stimuli

(vision,hearing,taste,smell,touch,cutaneous pain)

Term
Proprioceptors
Definition
Sense the position of the body in space
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Interoceptors
Definition
Detect stimuli in internal organs,visceral pain,nausea,stretch and pressure
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Tonic Receptors
Definition
Adapt to stimulus slowly
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Phasic Receptors
Definition
Adapt to stimulus rapidly
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Photoreceptors
Definition
Respond to light
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Mechanoreceptors
Definition
Respond to physical deformation caused by vibration,touch,pressure,stretch or tension
Term
Filiform
Definition
Detect food textures
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Nociceptors
Definition
Respond to pain and tissue damage
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Thermoreceptors
Definition
Respond to heat and cold
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Chemoreceptors
Definition
Respond to chemicals
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Filiform
Definition
Detect food textures
Term
Foliate Papillae
Definition
Ridges on the side of the tongue
Term
Fungiform
Definition
On tip and sides of the tongue
Term
Salty,Sweet,Sour,Bitter,Umami(MSG)
Definition
Five primary taste sensations
Term
Endomysium
Definition
Surrounds each muscle fiber
Term
Buccinator
Definition
This muscle enables you to drink through a straw.
Term
False
Definition
The brain has Nociceptors. (true or false)
Term
Endomysium
Definition
What is the name of the layer of connective tissue that surronds each muscle fiber?
Term
Sarcomere
Definition
What is the functional "unit" of a myofibril?
Term
Actin
Definition
What is the thin filament within the sarcomere?
Term
Myosin
Definition
What is the thick filament in the sarcomere?
Term
Titin
Definition
What is the elastic filament in a sarcomere?
Term
The neuromuscular junction
Definition
The functional connection between a nerve fiber and its target muscle fiber is called.......?
Term

ACh

Acetylcholine

Definition
What is the name of the chemical signal that binds to a receptor on the muscle?
Term
Calcium
Definition
What chemical must be present to begin muscle contraction?
Term
A ligand gated ion channel
Definition
The AChR is what kind of channel?
Term
The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) releases it into the cytosol.
Definition
Where does calcium get released during excitation-contraction coupling? What releases it and where does it go?
Term
Sternocleidomastoid
Definition
This muscle pulls the head forward.
Term
ATP
Definition
What is lacking in the body that causes rigor mortis?
Term
It binds to troponin on the thin filaments and the troponin-tropomyosin complex changes shape.
Definition
Where does calcium bind during excitation-contraction coupling, and what complex changes shape?
Term
Biceps and triceps brachii
Definition
The muscles above the elbow "look at my muscles" and muscle that straightens the arm.
Term
Deltoid
Definition
Shoulder muscle, raises arm to horizontal position or higher.
Term
Pectoralis Major
Definition
Muscle that pulls arm forward located behind the breast. "Pecs"
Term
Latissimus Dorsi
Definition
Muscle pulls the arm backward,located mid to lower back.
Term
Trapezius
Definition
Pulls the scapulas together, located between the shoulder blades.
Term
Serratus Anterior
Definition
Muscle that pulls scapulas laterally and forward, located under the latissimus dorsi muscle.
Term
Erector spinae
Definition
Muscle that allows you to stand erect, location runs vertically the entire length of the back from cranium to the sacrum.
Term
Levator scapulae
Definition
The muscle that raises the scapula and pulls the head back, location runs base of the neck to top of scapula.
Term
Masseter
Definition
The muscle that closes the jaw, location larger muscle in mandible-side of cheek.
Term
Temporalis
Definition
The muscle that is located in the temporal region that helps close the jaw.
Term
Platysma
Definition
The muscle that opens jaw and pulls the lip down, located under chin to top of pectoralis major.
Term
orbicularis oris
Definition
The muscle that enables you to purse lips, located around lips.
Term
Orbicularis oculi
Definition
The muscle that closes the eye lids, located around the eyes.
Term
Orbicularis oculi
Definition
The muscle that closes the eye lids, located around the eyes.
Term
External oblique, internal oblique, rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis.
Definition
The muscles of the trunk are:
Term
Semimembranosus, semitendinosus, biceps femoris:short head and biceps femoris: long head.
Definition
The muscles in hamstring group:
Term
Iliopsoas
Definition
The muscle that enables us to raise thigh or pull it forward, located inside the iliac crest.
Term
Gastrocnemius
Definition
The muscle that enables us to stand on tiptoe, located posterior lower leg divides into two medial and lateral head.
Term
Tibialis anterior
Definition
The muscle enables us to raise toes and resist backward tipping of body, location anterior of lower leg.
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