Muscle contraction is triggered when the following chemical neurotransmitters binds to receptors on the muscle - answer-acetylcholine
Division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary movement - answer-somatic nervous system
Type of motor unit can contract for many hours - answer-S...
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Neural Circuitry that travels outside the spinal cord - answer-Peripheral nervous system
A sensory receptor within a muscle that detects changes in length and helps regulate contraction -
answer-Muscle Spindle
Branches of the cell body that act as receivers, collecting information from other neurons - answer-
Dendrites
Muscle contraction is triggered when the following chemical neurotransmitters binds to receptors on
the muscle - answer-acetylcholine
Division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary movement - answer-somatic nervous
system
Type of motor unit can contract for many hours - answer-Slow of Motor Unit
Type of motor unit has a large motor neuron & consists of a large bundle of type IIx muscle fibers -
answer-Fast Fatiguable (FF)
Voluntary movement starts in - answer-Cerebral Cortex
The process that allows a muscle spindle to contract at the same rate as the muscle where it resides -
answer-Alpha-gamma Co-activation
How many nerves are contained within the peripheral nervous system - answer-43 Pairs
The muscular system includes how many muscles - answer-approximately 650
Muscle fiber type that's the largest & produce the most amount of force - answer-Type IIx
Cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is provided by - answer-ATP hydrolysis
The function of epimysium is too - answer-Protect muscle from friction against other muscles or bone.
Muscle fiber type has a very small amount of mitochondria - answer-Type IIx
Make-up of a person's muscle fiber ratio - answer-It can't be changed to a large degree
Training with heavy loads causes - answer-Equal growth of type I and type II fibers
Functions like girdles & guy wires to provide an interconnected structure - answer-Fascia
Three possible mechanisms for inducing hypertrophy - answer-Mechanical tension, metabolic stress,
muscle damage
, functional units that can make a muscle shorten - answer-Sarcomere
Found within the appendicular skeleton - answer-Bones of the upper & lower extremities
Movement between 2 adjacent vertebrae is made possible by - answer-Facet Joints
Wolff's Law - answer-The body responds by increasing or decreasing the bone's diameter
Cartilage plays important rolls such as - answer-Bone development
Mature bone cells that maintain a bone's matrix - answer-Osteocytes
Bone on bone contact that results in joint pain - answer-osteoarthritis
Elastin allows tissues too - answer-regain their original shape after being stretched
The main part or shaft of a long bone - answer-Diaphysis
Frontal plane is an imaginary plane that divides the body into - answer-Anterior & posterior
Angle that a joint rotates around its axis - answer-The direction of rotation
The smallest blood vessel - answer-Capillaries
Create more muscular support when performing an intense exercise - answer-Bracing effect of a tight
core
Largest lymphatic organ in the human body - answer-Spleen
One of the main functions of the respiratory system - answer-removal of waste products of metabolism
Normal amount of air displaced between inhalation & exhalation - answer-Tidal Volume
Major glands of he endocrine system - answer-Hypothalamus
The amount of blood pumped through the heart per minute - answer-Cardiac output
Peripheral resistance - answer-The amount of resistance to blood flow in the arteries.
Plasma makes up ____ percentage of blood volume - answer-55%
Right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the body & moves it too - answer-The right Ventricle
Law of conservation of energy states that energy - answer-cannot be created or destroyed
In short term, metabolic acidosis can - answer-impair muscle power & energy production
Process of making ATP from glucose - answer-Glycolysis
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