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Seleah Shared "Physiology" - 5 Picmonics

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Physiology

Muscle Types
Characteristics
Skeletal Muscle
Somatic Nervous System
Striated
Multinucleate
Cardiac Muscle
Autonomic Nervous System
Myogenic
Gap Junctions
Uninucleate
Smooth Muscle
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2 mins
Skeletal Muscle Contraction Action
Characteristics
Calcium Binds Troponin
Active Site Exposed
Many Mitochondria Produce ATP
Myosin Head Binds
Power Stroke
Myosin Head Releases Active Site
ATP Consumed
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1 min
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)
Goal
Improve ROM
Indication
Weak Postural Muscles
Mechanism
Diagonal Movements
Patterns
D1 Flexion
D1 Extension
D2 Flexion
D2 Extension
Methods
Contract-Relax
Hold-Relax-Swing
Contract-Relax-Antagonist-Contract
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2 mins
Somatic Reflex Arc
Spinal Cord
Sensory (Afferent) Neuron
Interneurons Transmit
Motor (Efferent) Neuron
Effector Targets
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1 min
Skeletal Muscle Contraction Initiation
Somatic Motor Neuron Releases Acetylcholine
Acetylcholine Causes Sodium Influx
Cell Reaches All-or-Nothing Threshold
Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels Undergo Conformational Change
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Causes Calcium Flood
Calcium Flood Enters Myofibrils
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1 min

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