HBS Unit 4 Vocab

A contractile protein that is part of the thin filaments in muscle fibers

• Actin
• Myolin
• Myosin
• Actosine

Nerve cells that carry impulses towards the central nervous system

• Afferent neurons
• Effector neuron
• Axial neuron
• Dendrites

Striated muscle fibers (cells) that form the wall of the heart; stimulated by the intrinsic conduction system and autonomic motor neurons

• Cardiac muscle
• Skeletal muscle
• Intercostal muscle
• Smooth muscle

A condition caused by compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel and characterized especially by weakness, pain, and disturbances of sensation in the hand and fingers

• Nerve compression syndrome
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Guyons canal syndrome
• Wartenburgs syndrome

To shorten and thicken

• Reflex
• Contract
• Relax
• Expand

The delicate connective tissue surrounding the individual muscular fibers within the smallest bundles

• Exomysium
• Perimysium
• Endomysium
• Indomysium

Nerve cells that conduct impulses away from the central nervous system

• Afferent neuron
• Efferent neurons
• Axon
• Dendrite

The external connective-tissue sheath of a muscle

• Endomysium
• Perimysium
• Epimysium
• Exomysium

A small bundle or cluster, especially of nerve or muscle fibers

• Ganglia
• Pustual
• Fascicle
• Fistual

The attachment of a muscle tendon to a moveable bone or the end opposite the origin

• Origin
• Attachment Point
• Deletion
• Insertion