term	page reference
excitability	394
contractility	394
extensibility	394
elasticity	394
striations	394
voluntary	394
involuntary	394
series-elastic components	394
internal tension	394
external tension	394
active site	396
somatic motor fiber	398
motor unit	398
synapse	400
electrophysiology	400
electrical potential	401
polarized	401
resting membrane potential (RMP)	403
action potential	404
end-plate potential (EPP)	404
excitation-contraction coupling	404
sliding filament theory	404
myosin ATPase	405
power stroke	406
recovery stroke	406
calsequestrin	409
length-tension relationship	409
tonus	410
threshold	410
twitch	410
latent period	410
contraction phase	411
relaxation phase	411
all-or-none law	411
graded twitch	411
treppe	411
refractory period	412
temporal (wave) summation	412
incomplete tetanus	412
complete tetanus	412
isometric contraction	413
isotonic contraction	413
concentric contraction	413
eccentric contraction	413
myokinase	414
creatine kinase	414
creatine phosphate (CP)	414
phosphagen system	414
glycogenÐlactic acid system	414
muscle fatigue	415
maximum oxygen uptake (VO2 max)	415
oxygen debt	415
slow-twitch fiber	416
fast-twitch fiber	416
multiple motor unit (MMU) summation	417
resistance exercise	417
endurance exercise	417
cross-training	417
delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)	417
cramp	417
multiunit smooth muscle	418
single-unit smooth muscle	418
visceral muscle	418
peristalsis	418
dense bodies	418
varicosities	419
diffuse junctions	419
synapses en passant	419
norepinephrine	420
excitatory junction potential (EJP)	420
inhibitory junction potential (IJP)	420
pacemakers	420
calmodulin	421
myosin light-chain kinase	421
latch-bridge mechanism	421
smooth muscle tone	421
stress-relaxation response	421
plasticity	422

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