BIOL273 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Sliding Filament Theory, Myosin Light Chain, Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Skeletal muscle: attached to the bones of the skeleton, enabling these muscles to control body movement. Cardiac muscle: found only in the heart and moves blood through the circulatory system. Striated muscles: muscles that appear to have alternating light and dark bands, includes skeletal and cardiac muscle. Smooth muscle: the primary muscle of internal organs and tubes, such as the stomach, urinary bladder, and blood vessels. Tendons: connective tissue that attaches skeletal muscle to bone. Origin: the end of the muscle attached closest to the truck or the more stationary bone. Insertion: is more the distal or more mobile attachment. Flexor: a muscle that bring connected bones closer together when it contracts. Extensor: a muscle that moves bones away from each other when the muscle contracts. Antagonist muscle groups: flexor-extensor pairs of muscles attached to the same set of bones. Become active and and differentiate into muscle when needed for muscle growth and repair.

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