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A muscle contracts in respons to an:
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Electrical impulse from a nerve
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EAch muscle fiber is connected ti a single nerve cell at a:
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Neuromuscular junction
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Acetylcholine
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Neuromuscular transmittor
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Structure that produces movement of the body
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Muscle
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One of three types of muscle in the body, but the only one that is under voluntary control
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Skeletal muscle
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Sac of synovial fluid that contains synovial fluid
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Bursa
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Thin connective tissue sheet around each muscle fascicle and around the muscle itself
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Fascia
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Cordlike, white band of nonelastic fibrous connective tissue
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Tendon
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Moving a body part away from the midline
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Abduction
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Moving a body part toward the midline
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Adduction
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Turning a body part outward and toward the side
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Eversion
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Straightening and extending a joint to increase the angle betwee two bones or body parts
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Extension
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Bending a joint to decrease the angle between two bones or two body parts
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Flexion
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Turning a body part inward
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Inversion
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Turing the palm of the hand posteriorly or downward
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Pronation
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