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Quiz Ch. 9 Part II. What is a motor unit? Which ion binds to troponin, causing tropomyosin to move? According to the Sliding Filament Theory, what two structures are sliding? What is the function of acetylcholinesterase? What is the cause of Myasthenia Gravis?. The Muscular System. Part II
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Quiz Ch. 9 Part II • What is a motor unit? • Which ion binds to troponin, causing tropomyosin to move? • According to the Sliding Filament Theory, what two structures are sliding? • What is the function of acetylcholinesterase? • What is the cause of Myasthenia Gravis?
The Muscular System Part II Skeletal Muscle Contraction
Neuromuscular Junction • Neurons
Neuromuscular Junction • Synapse • Neurotransmitters
Neuromuscular Junction • Neuromuscular Junction • Motor end plate
Neuromuscular Junction • Motor Neurons are branched • Motor Unit • Synaptic Cleft
Stimulus for Contraction • Acetylcholine (ACh)
Stimulus for Contraction • Muscle impulse
Cross-Bridge Cycling • Sarcomere shortening • ATP is required • Cross- bridge binding repeats
Diseases of the Muscular System • Duchanne Muscular Dystrophy • Polio • Botulism