Muscular terms
Cards (31)
- What type of muscle is found only in the heart?
- What is a characteristic of smooth muscle?
- What type of muscle is voluntary and moves bones?
- What happens to skeletal muscle during contraction?
- What is the nerve impulse sent from the brain called?
- What neurotransmitter is released at the neuromuscular junction?
- What theory explains muscle contraction at the sarcomere level?
- What is the outer layer that holds the whole muscle called?
- What layer holds fascicles within a muscle?
- What is the name of the layer that holds each muscle fiber?
- What are the thin and thick filaments in muscle fibers called?
- What is the role of sensory neurons?
- What do motor neurons do?
- What happens to the H zone, I band, and Z line during muscle contraction?
- Which band remains the same width during contraction?
- What happens to the A band during muscle contraction?
- What type of muscle fiber is slow twitch and aerobic?
- What is a characteristic of Type 2a muscle fibers?
- What type of muscle fiber is fast twitch and powerful?
- What triggers the release of Ca++ ions in muscle contraction?
- What happens to troponin and tropomyosin when Ca++ is released?
- What is formed when ATP breaks during muscle contraction?
- What is the definition of isometric contraction?
- What is an example of isotonic contraction?
- What is eccentric contraction?
- What are the major muscles in the upper body?
- What are the major muscles in the lower body?
- What is the role of the agonist muscle?
- What is the role of the antagonist muscle?
- What is the function of a synergist muscle?
- What does a fastor muscle do?