Ch 1: Muscles Flashcards
What are the two conditions that must be met to allow movement??
- The structure of the joint must allow movement
- Muscle must cross the joint and be able to contract and relax
What joint type allows limited movement?
cartilaginous/amphiarthrodial
What joint type allows the most movement?
synovial/diarthrodial
What are the types of muscle tissue?
Striated/skeletal
Smoot
Cardiac
What is the one thing muscle can do?
contract
What muscle fiber contracts quickly, fatigue easily, and are for fine movements?
Fast twitch
What muscle fiber is for large movements, have greater endurance, exert greater force, and are antigravity muscles of the trunk?
Slow twitch
What is the hierarchy composition of striated muscle?
Largest to smallest
Muscle - muscle fibers - myofibrils - myofilaments - thick myofilaments - thin myofilaments
How short can muscle get when they contract?
~1/3 of original length
Muscle can only ______ structures
pull
The impulse to activate muscle arises at the ____________ of the cerebral cortex
motor strip
What are the three basic components a neuron is made out of?
Dendrite, soma, axon
What is the input side of a neuron? Information is received here
dendrite
what is the cell body of the neuron?
soma
The point at which information leaves the neuron
axon
What part of the neuron is responsible for waste removal, blood-brain barrier and much more?
glial cells
an aggregate of cell bodies in the CNS having functional unity
nuclei
aggregate of cell bodies in the PNS having functional unity (i.e., spiral ganglion of the auditory system)
ganglia
What is a neuron’s basic function?
to communicate