Ch. 6 A&P Flashcards
A type of striated involuntary muscle tissue is classifed as what type muscle
Cardiac
The epimysium covering on the outside of the muscle can blend into cordlike tendons and ____?
aponeuroses
The wrap surrounds the myofibril and store calcium
sarcoplasmic reticulum
what is contractility of the muscle
muscle tissue has the ability to shorten when stimulated
what is a motor unit?
muscles it stimulated
head of myofilaments when they link the thick and thin filaments together during skeletal muscle contraction
cross bridges
The gap between the motor neuron and the muscle fiber it supplies at the neuromuscular junction
synaptic cleft
When a skelatal muscle is fully contracted, the ___
disks are closer to the thick filaments
A smooth sustained contraction
Tetanus
Contractions in which muscles shorten product movement
Isometric contractions
point of a muscle attachment to an immovable or less movable bone
orgin
Muscles that preform opposite actions to one another
antagonist
This musles closes each eye
orbicular oculi
what is the prime mover of arm abduction is the _____ muscle
deltoid
The endomysium covers the _____?
an individual muscle cells