Anatomy

The sarcomere has the actin and myosin filaments arranged in repeating units separated from each ...

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________ or tendinitis is a degenerative disease leading to breakdown and scarring of tendons that ...

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The cardiac muscle fibers are connected to each other by __________ discs.

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________ are donut-shaped muscles that act as doorways to let materials in and out by alternately ...

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When excess calcium remains in the muscles throughout the body and causes the muscle fibers to ...

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An ________ is a test in which a muscle group is stimulated with an electrical impulse that causes a ...

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Muscle contraction requires the temporary connection of thick filament __________ heads and thin ...

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Some muscular diseases can cause ________, which is a condition of irregular muscle movement and ...

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Vasodilation can cause the blood pressure to ________.

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Vasoconstriction can cause blood pressure to ________.

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If the blood supply to the heart's coronary arteries is blocked, cardiac muscle ________ can occur, ...

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The majority of fibromyalgia syndrome patients are ________.

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Tetanus is a muscle disease caused by an untreated bacterial infection of a(n) ________.

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Death in muscular dystrophy is usually due to respiratory or ________ failure.

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Mitochondrial myopathy is due to a defect in ________ production in the mitochondria.

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During an asthma attack, the smooth muscles in the airways of the lungs ________, causing the ...

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When the body dies, excess calcium remains in the muscles and causes the ________ fibers to shorten ...

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Muscular dystrophy is caused by a mistake in the gene for a protein called ________.

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The name tendinitis is technically incorrect by word part definitions because there is rarely ...

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________ is a bacterial infection that causes rigid paralysis.

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________ is a condition of muscle wasting.

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________ means pain or tenderness in a muscle.

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Muscles convert ________ to glucose.

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Increased muscle size is called ________.

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When blood vessels get larger in diameter, it is called ________.

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