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Chapter 47: Locomotion


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Chapter 47: Locomotion

p. 919: locomotion

p. 920: hydraulic skeletons, exoskeletons, chitin, endoskeletons, axial skeleton, appendicular skeleton

p. 921: hydroxyapatite, osteoblasts, osteocytes, osteoclasts, lamellae (singular, lamella), Haversian canals, articular (joint), spongy bone, marrow, compact bone

p. 922: immovable joints, sutures, fontanels, slightly movable joints, intervertebral discs, cartilaginous joints, freely movable joints (synovial joints), synovial capsule

p. 923: skeletal muscles, tendons, origin, insertion, synergists, antagonists, quadriceps, twitch, summation, tetanus, tetany, isotonic contraction, isometric contraction

p. 924: muscle fibers, myofibrils, thick and thin myofilaments, A bands, I bands, Z line, sarcomere

p. 925: H band, sliding filament mechanism

p. 926: cross-bridges, myosin, actin, power stroke, cross-bridge cycle, rigor mortis

p. 928: tropomyosin, troponin, sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)

p. 929: somatic motor neurons, synapses, neurotransmitter, acetylcholine (ACh), transverse (T) tubules, excitation-contraction coupling, motor unit, recruitment, neuromuscular junctions

p. 930: slow-twitch (type I) fibers, fast-twitch (type II) fibers, myoglobin, red fibers, white fibers, creatine phosphate, maximal oxygen uptake (aerobic capacity), lactate threshold

p. 931: slow oxidative, fast oxidative, fast glycolytic, muscle fatigue, hypertrophy, oxygen debt

p. 933: cardiac muscle, gap junctions, myocardium, pacemaker, smooth muscle, dense bodies, calmodulin

 

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