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Muscular System Vocab

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the fine transparent tubular sheath which envelops the fibers of skeletal muscles.
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Muscles that cause a movement to occur through their own activation.
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a flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone
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a structural unit of a myofibril in striated muscle, consisting of a dark band and the nearer half of each adjacent pale band.
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the change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell.
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a layer of connective tissue that covers each individual muscle cell.
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a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in only one place
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a compound throughout the nervous system, in which it functions as a neurotransmitter.
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the elongated contractile threads found in striated muscle cells.
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is an involuntary non-striated muscle.
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is the fibrous tissue that surrounds the skeletal muscle.
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are the muscles that produce an opposing joint torque.
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one of three major muscle types. It is a form of striated muscle tissue, which is under voluntary control.
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a protein that forms (together with another) the contractile filaments of muscle cells and is also involved in motion in other types of cells.
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a protein that forms (along with another) the contractile filaments of muscle cells.
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the sheath of connective tissue surrounding a bundle of muscle fibers.