as511 - ch3 - muscles
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katmonroe on November 19, 2010
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as511; anatomy & physiology of animals (dr. shapiro)
ch 3 practice quiz
muscles
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Pierce College Horse Science, AS511
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Myology | study of muscles |
| Smooth | also called involuntary or unstriated muscles |
| Cardiac | also called involuntary striated muscle |
| Striated | also called voluntary or skeletal muscle |
| Skeletal | this muscle makes up the meat or flesh of domestic animals |
| Sarcolemma | a cell membrane sheath covering muscle cell |
| Marbling | fat interspersed between muscle bundles |
| Low | relaxed muscle has a very (high, low) level of Ca2+ |
| ATP | for muscle to remain in the relaxed state, it must also contain a relatively high concentration of _____ |
| Acetylcholine | neurotransmitter needed for muscle contraction |
| Red | color of muscle which performs sustained and continuous work |
| Aponeuroses | _____ are flat sheets of tendon found covering the muscles of the loin |
| Origin | the least movable attachment of muscle to bone |
| Flexor | _____ is a muscle located on the side of the limb toward which the joint bends in decreasing the angel between the segments |
| Adductors | muscles that tend to pull a limb toward the median plane |
| Sphincter | muscles that surround an opening |
| Cutaneous | muscles that are responsible for movement of the skin (general term) |
| Tonus | the resistance of a muscle to stretch |
| Multi-unit | type of smooth muscle found in the iris and ciliary body of the eye |
| Epinephrine | hormone which inhibits peristalsis |
| Brisket | also called high mountain disease |
| Purkinje network | modified muscle fibers confined to ventricles of mammalian hearts |
| Tetany | condition that occurs when insufficient relaxation period occurs |
| Isometric | type of muscle contraction where muscle operates against an immovable resistance |
| Triceps | _____ is the muscle antagonistic to the biceps brachii |
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