Ch. 10 Muscle and Muscle Tissue Flashcards
List of four functions of muscle tissue/muscles
- Movement of bones or fluids. (Blood)
- Maintaining posture and body position.
- Stabilizing and strengthening joints.
- Heat generation.(especially skeletal muscle)
Does the following characteristics apply to skeletal, smooth and or cardiac muscle?
Requires nervous system stimulation
Skeletal
Does the following characteristic apply to skeletal, smooth and or cardiac muscle?
Involuntary contractions (does not require nervous stimulation)
Smooth, cardiac
Does the following characteristic apply to skeletal, smooth and or cardiac muscle?
Striated
Skeletal, cardiac
Does the following characteristic apply to skeletal, smooth and or cardiac muscle?
Non-striated
Smooth
Does the following characteristic apply to skeletal, smooth and or cardiac muscle?
Found attached to bones or cartilage
Skeletal
Does the following characteristic apply to skeletal, smooth and or cardiac muscle?
Found in the walls of the heart
Cardiac
Does the following characteristic apply to skeletal, smooth and or cardiac muscle?
Found lining that digestive urinary and reproductive tract
Smooth
Does the following characteristic apply to skeletal, smooth and or cardiac muscle?
Found lining blood vessels
Smooth
Does the following characteristic apply to skeletal, smooth and or cardiac muscle?
Cells are long and cylindrical
Skeletal
Does the following characteristic apply to skeletal, smooth and or cardiac muscle?
Are spindles shaped with central nuclei
Smooth
Does the following characteristic apply to skeletal, smooth and or cardiac muscle?
Cells are multi nucleate
Skeletal
Does the following characteristic apply to skeletal, smooth and or cardiac muscle?
Contains sarcomeres
Skeletal and cardiac
Label the following features of muscles
Indicate if the following statement is true or false
Skeletal muscle cells contain multiple nuclei
True
Is the following statement true or false?
The plasma membrane of a muscle cell is called the sarcolemma
True
Is the following statement true or false?
Most muscles connect to bones directly that is via tendons or aponeuroses
False
Most connect indirectly via tendons
Is the following statement true or false?
Another name for a muscle cell is a muscle fiber
True
Is the following statement true or false?
The basic structural unit of muscle cells are sarcoplasms which are comprised of myofibrils
False
The basic structural unit is a sarcomere