9. Musculatory System I Flashcards
Formative immature cells of muscles; present in fetal stage; func: mitosis
Myoblasts
Non striated
Involuntary
Can divide
Smooth muscle
Spindle shaped muscle tissue
Smooth muscle
Only mature muscle tissue that can divide
Smooth muscle
Striated
Voluntary
Multinucleated
Hypertrophy only cannot multiply
Skeletal muscle
Location of nucleus of skeletal muscle
Lateral surface
Striated
Involuntary
Cannot multiply; hypertrophy only
Cardiac muscle
What type of muscle cell or tissue is the HEART
Cardiac muscle
What connects cardiac muscle cells together
Intercalated discs
Cellular junctions in cardiac muscles
Desmosomes
Gap junctions
Outermost ct layer that covers MUSCLE BELLY
Epimysium
Middle layer covers FASCICLES
Perimysium
Innermost; covers MUSCLE CELLS OR FIBERS
Endomysium
Connects muscle to bone
Tendon
Connects bone to bone
Ligaments
Group of muscle fibers covered by perimysium
Fascicle
Cell membrane or plasma membrane of muscles made up of phospholipid bilayer
Sarcolemma
Structures that makes up the muscle cell or fiber
Myofibrils
Structures that makes up myofibrils
Myofilaments
2 kinds of myofilaments
Thin filaments
Thick filaments
Thin filaments is composed of what protein
Actin
Thick filaments are composed of what protein
Myosin
Shape of myosin
Golf club
Functional or contractile unit of muscle; from Z disc to another Z disc
Sarcomere