Ch.9 Skeletal Muscle Structures

Question 1

Aponeuroses

Answer 1

BROAD sheet of conn. tissue that ATTATCHES coverings of adjacent MUSCLES.

Question 2

Cisternae

Answer 2

ENLARGED portion of sarcoplasmic reticulum on either side of a transverse tubule.

Question 3

Endomysium

Answer 3

Layer of conn. tissue that surrounds an INDIVIDUAL MUSCLE FIBER. (one muscle fiber=one cell)

Question 4

Epimysium

Answer 4

Layer of conn. tissue that surrounds a SKELETAL MUSCLE.

Question 5

Fascia

Answer 5

NETORK of conn. tissue that extends throughout the muscular system.

Question 6

Fascicle

Answer 6

A BUNDLE of muscle fibers

Question 7

Myosin

Answer 7

A protein found with in thick myofibril

Question 8

Perimysium

Answer 8

The layer of connective tissue that SEPARATES a muscle into small BUNDLES known a fascicles.

Question 9

Sarcolemma

Answer 9

The cell membrane of a muscle fiber.

Question 10

Sarcomere

Answer 10

The unit of alternating light and dark striations.

Question 11

Sarcoplasm

Answer 11

Cytoplasm of a muscle fiber.

Question 12

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Answer 12

Cellular organelle in muscle fiber corresponding to the endoplasmic reticulum.

Question 13

Tendon

Answer 13

Cordlike part that attatches a MUSCLE to a BONE.

Question 14

Transverse tubule

Answer 14

Membranous out channel extending inward from muscle iber membrane.