| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Myofibrils | contractile fibers in muscle tissue |
| myosin | a protein that, with actin, contracts muscle fibers |
| Actin | a protein that forms filaments that slide between filaments of the protein myosin contracting muscle fibers |
| Sarcomere | The structural and functional unit of myorbril |
| Fatique | Interruption in the muscles blood supply, muscle loose, ability to contract |
| Muscle Tone | a sustained contraction |
| Peristalsis | rhythmic waves of muscular contractions in the wall of certain tubular organs |
| Origion | End of a muscle that attaches to a reletively immovable past |
| Insertion | the end of a muscle attached to a movable part |
| Agonist | a contracting deltoid muscle provides most of the movement called prime mover |
| Antagonist | A muscle that opposed a prime mover |
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