Anatomy & Physiology
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259398629
Author: McKinley, Michael P., O'loughlin, Valerie Dean, Bidle, Theresa Stouter
Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Education,
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Chapter 10.2, Problem 6WDL
Summary Introduction
To determine:
A motor unit and the reason for its variation in size.
Concept introduction:
Nerve cells such as somatic motor neuron transmit nerve signals from spinal cord or brain to control the activity of the skeletal muscle. The axon of each motor neuron divides to form individual branches to innervate skeletal muscle fibers.
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8. Distinguish between thick...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 9LOCh. 10.2 - Prob. 10LOCh. 10.2 - Prob. 2WDTCh. 10.2 - Draw and label a diagram of a sarcomere.Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 5WDLCh. 10.2 - Prob. 11LOCh. 10.2 - Prob. 12LOCh. 10.2 - Prob. 6WDLCh. 10.2 - Diagram and label the anatomic structures of a...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 13LOCh. 10.2 - Prob. 8WDLCh. 10.3 - Prob. 14LOCh. 10.3 - What triggers the binding of synaptic vesicles to...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 15LOCh. 10.3 - What two events are linked in the physiologic...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 11WDLCh. 10.3 - Prob. 16LOCh. 10.3 - Prob. 3WDTCh. 10.3 - Prob. 12WDLCh. 10.3 - Describe the four processes that repeat in...Ch. 10.3 - What causes the release of the myosin head from...Ch. 10.3 - LEARNING OBJECTIVES
17. Discuss what happens to...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 18LOCh. 10.3 - How do acetylcholinesterase and Ca2+ pumps...Ch. 10.4 - LEARNING OBJECTIVES
19. Describe how ATP is made...Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 20LOCh. 10.4 - Prob. 4WDTCh. 10.4 - Prob. 16WDLCh. 10.4 - What are the various means for making ATP...Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 21LOCh. 10.4 - Prob. 18WDLCh. 10.5 - Prob. 22LOCh. 10.5 - Prob. 19WDLCh. 10.5 - Prob. 23LOCh. 10.5 - Prob. 20WDLCh. 10.5 - Prob. 24LOCh. 10.5 - Prob. 21WDLCh. 10.6 - LEARNING OBJECTIVE
25. Describe what occurs in a...Ch. 10.6 - Prob. 5WDTCh. 10.6 - What events are occurring in a muscle that produce...Ch. 10.6 - Prob. 26LOCh. 10.6 - What is recruitment? Explain its importance in the...Ch. 10.6 - Prob. 27LOCh. 10.6 - Prob. 24WDLCh. 10.7 - Prob. 28LOCh. 10.7 - What is the function of skeletal muscle tone?Ch. 10.7 - LEARNING OBJECTIVE
29. Distinguish between...Ch. 10.7 - When you flex your biceps brachii while doing...Ch. 10.7 - LEARNING OBJECTIVE
30. Explain the length-tension...Ch. 10.7 - Prob. 27WDLCh. 10.7 - Prob. 31LOCh. 10.7 - How can muscle fatigue result from changes in each...Ch. 10.8 - LEARNING OBJECTIVE
32. Compare and contrast the...Ch. 10.8 - Prob. 29WDLCh. 10.8 - Prob. 33LOCh. 10.8 - Prob. 30WDLCh. 10.9 - Prob. 34LOCh. 10.9 - What are three anatomic or physiologic differences...Ch. 10.10 - Prob. 35LOCh. 10.10 - Prob. 32WDLCh. 10.10 - LEARNING OBJECTIVE
36. Compare the microscopic...Ch. 10.10 - Prob. 33WDLCh. 10.10 - Prob. 34WDLCh. 10.10 - Prob. 37LOCh. 10.10 - What are the steps of smooth muscle contraction?Ch. 10.10 - What unique characteristics of smooth muscle allow...Ch. 10.10 - Prob. 38LOCh. 10.10 - Prob. 37WDLCh. 10.10 - Prob. 38WDLCh. 10.10 - Prob. 39LOCh. 10.10 - LEARNING OBJECTIVES
40. Compare the location and...Ch. 10.10 - Prob. 39WDLCh. 10 - Prob. 1DYBCh. 10 - The physiologic event that takes place at the...Ch. 10 - In a skeletal muscle fiber, Ca2+ is released from...Ch. 10 - The bundle of dense regular connective tissue that...Ch. 10 - In excitation-contraction coupling, the transverse...Ch. 10 - During muscle contraction, the I band a. hides the...Ch. 10 - During a concentric contraction of a muscle fiber,...Ch. 10 - What event causes a troponin-tropomyosin complex...Ch. 10 - In sustained, moderate exercise, skeletal muscle...Ch. 10 - Skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle are similar in...Ch. 10 - Explain the structural relationship between a...Ch. 10 - Prob. 12DYBCh. 10 - Prob. 13DYBCh. 10 - Put the following skeletal muscle contraction...Ch. 10 - Explain the various means of providing ATP for...Ch. 10 - Explain why athletes who excel at short sprints...Ch. 10 - Explain why skeletal muscle generates the most...Ch. 10 - Prob. 18DYBCh. 10 - Describe the response of smooth muscle to...Ch. 10 - Prob. 20DYBCh. 10 - Prob. 1CALCh. 10 - One of the primary reasons that one individual is...Ch. 10 - Prob. 3CALCh. 10 - Rigor mortis occurs following death because a....Ch. 10 - Prob. 5CALCh. 10 - Prob. 1CSLCh. 10 - Describe the effect of the botulinum toxin, which...Ch. 10 - Smooth muscle is within the urinary bladder wall....
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