Animal 8 Flashcards
skeleton of fluid held under pressure in a closed body compartment
hydro-static skeleton
endoskeleton
hardened internal skeleton
exoskeleton
hardened external skeleton
earthworm layers of muscles
- circular
longitudial
when circular muscles of earthworm contract what happens
diameter gets smaller
when longitudinal muscles of earthworm contracts what happened
earthworm length shortens
can both circular and longitidal msucles contract at the same time
no
what lets earthworm propel forward instead of just contrqacting in one spot
bristles anchored into the ground
muscles that generate opposite muscles; both cannot be contracted at the same time
ex: bicep and triceps
antagonistic muscles
what happens to angle when flexor contracts
angle decreases gets smaller
what happens when extender contracts
angle increases, gets bigger
skeletal muscle structure hierarchical organization
skeletal muscle– muscle fibers (cells) – myofibrils – thin (actin) and thick (myosin) filaments
muscle fibers composed of ______
sacromnere
additive so as a whole they contract enough to move bones of a skeleton
sacromere individually contract
composed of two chains of actin molecules
each ball on the chain is an actin molecule
myosin binding sites, (the dark spot on each actin molecule)
thin filament