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Athletes usually experience muscular fatigue less quickly that nonathletes because they
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Produce less lactic aci
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The role of ATP in muscle contraction is to supply energy for
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Myofilament movement
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Smooth muscle is found in the wall of
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The stomach and intestine
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In a recording of a muscle twitch the delay between the time a stimulus is applied and the time the muscle responds is called the
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Latent period
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Tendons and ligament are composed primarily of
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Dense connective tissue
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White muscles have an increased capacity to carry on aerobic respiration
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False
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The maintenance of body temperature is realted to the action of skeletal muscles because
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The more active they are the more heat is released
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Endomysium separates individual muscle fibers
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True
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The latent period is the time when the muscle is relaxed
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False
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A tendon is characterized by being_____, whereas an aponeurosis is characterized by being_____
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Cordlike and connects muscles to bones; a broad, fibrous sheet of connective tissue that connects muscles to muscles
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Which of the following is not true when comparing red and white muscle types
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Red muscles have fewer fitochondria then white
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Which of the following major events in mucle contraction are stated properly
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Actin filaments slide inward along myosin filametns
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Motor unit recruitment refers to the fact that some otor neurons can recruti new skeletal muscle fibers with which they connect
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False
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Neurotransmitters are stored in vesicles within
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Motor neuron endings
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A skeletal muscle fiber conains many nuclei
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True
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