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show the ability of skeletal muscle to shorten with force  
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show the capacity of skeletal muscle to respond to a stimulus  
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show the ability to be stretched  
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Elasticity   show
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show connective tissue sheath that surrounds skeletal muscle  
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show connective tissue located outside the epimysium  
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Perimysium   show
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Four major functional characteristics of skeletal muscle   show
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Muscle cells   show
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Bundle of muscles   show
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Myofibrils   show
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Actin myofilaments   show
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Myosin myofilaments   show
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show actin and myosin myofilaments highly ordered units and are joined from end to end to form the myofilfibril  
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show the charge difference between the positively charge outside of most cell membranes and the negatively charged inside of most cell membranes  
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Action potential   show
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show nerve cells that carry sction motentials to skeletal muscle fibers  
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Neuromusclular junction or synapse   show
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show a single motor neuron and all skeletal muscle fibers it innervates  
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Presynaptic terminal   show
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Synaptic cleft   show
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Synaptic vesicles   show
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show a neurotransmittter secreted from the synaptic vesicles  
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show the acetylcholine released into the synaptic cleft between the neuron and muscle cell is rapidly broken down by enzymes  
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show the sliding of actin myofilaments past myosin myofilaments during contraction  
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Muscle twitch   show
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Threshold   show
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show the time between application of a stimulus to a motor neuron and the beginning of a contraction  
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Contraction phase   show
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show the time during which the muscle relaxes  
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Tetany   show
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Recruitment   show
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show a high energy molecule that can be stored unlike ATP  
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show without oxygen  
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show with oxygen  
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show the amount of oxygen needed in chemical reactions to convert lactic acid to glucose and replenish the depleted stores of creatine phosphate in muscle cells  
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Muscle fatigue   show
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Isometric   show
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two types of muscle contractions   show
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Isotonic   show
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Muscle tone   show
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show contract quickly and fatigue quickly. well adapted to perform anaerobic metabolism  
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Slow-twitch fibers   show
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Origin   show
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show the end of the muscle undergoing the greatest movement  
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Belly   show
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show muscles the work together to accomplish specific movements  
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Anatagonists   show
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Thoracic Muscles   show
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Diaphragm   show
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External intercostals   show
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show contract during forced expiration  
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show group of muscles on each side of the back  
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Trapezius   show
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show pulls scapula anteriorly  
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Pectoralis major   show
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Latissimus dorsi   show
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show attaches the humerus to the scapula and clavicle, and is the major abductor of the upper limb  
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Triceps brachi   show
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show flexes the forearm  
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show flexes forearm  
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Brachioradialis   show
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show strong band of fibrous connective tissue that covers the flexor and extensor tendons and holds them in place around the wrist so that they do not “bowstring” during muscle contraction.  
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Flexor carpi   show
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show extends the wrist  
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show flexes the fingers  
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Extensor digitorum   show
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show buttocks. Contributes most of the mass of the buttocks  
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show extends the leg; anterior thigh muscles  
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Sartorius   show
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show posterior thigh muscles; flexes the leg and extends the thigh  
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Gastrocnemius and soleus   show
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calcaneal tendon (Achilles tendon)   show
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show the lateral muscles of the leg  
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Intrinsic foot muscles   show
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