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| point of attachment, does not move when the muscle contracts |
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| point of attachment that moves when muscle contracts |
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| muscle or group of muscles that directly performs a specific movement |
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| response to nerve signals |
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| ability to contract or shorten |
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| allows muscles to return to their resting length after being contracted |
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| segment of myofibril between two successive Z lines |
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| continualy pumps calcium ions from sarcoplasm and stores them within its sacs |
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| thousands in each myofibril |
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myosin
actin
tropomyosin
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| four types of myofilaments |
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| single,brief threshold stimulus produces a quick jerk of the muscle |
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| series of stimuli come in rapid enough succession, muscle doesnt have enough time to relax before next stimuli |
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| tension is not sustained at a comletely constant level |
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| contraction that tone or tension stay the same |
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| muscle length remains teh same but muscle increases |
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| structual and functional center of the entire nervous system |
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| peripheral nervous system |
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| nerve tissues that lie in the outer regions of the nervous system |
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| support functions of neuron |
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| how many nuerons in the human brain |
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