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STUDY REVIEW
Term | Definition |
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Tendon | Strong cord of fibrous connective tissue; extends from the muscle to the bone |
Skeletal Muscle | attached to bones, voluntary control, striated and multinuclueated |
Cardiac Muscle | found in heart, involuntary control, striated and single nucleus |
Smooth Muscle | found in viscera, involuntary control, consist of thorax and abdomen, nonstriated and single nucleus |
Sarcomere | Unit of muscle contraction |
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum | Network of tubes and sacs; specialized ER |
Actin | Thin myofilaments |
Myosin | Thick myofilaments |
Troponin | a protein that's released into the bloodstream during a heart attack |
Tropomyosin | a protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together in the thin filaments of muscle tissue. |
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) | The primary energy reserve in muscle tissue |