Chapter 1 Flashcards
axial skeleton
central upper body. (skull, vertebral column, ribs, sternum)
no limbs
appendicular skeleton
pelvis & limbs
everything that isn’t central upper body
fibrous joints
characteristics
no movement
ex. skull sutures
cartilaginous joints
characteristics
limited movement
ex. vertebral disks
synovial joints
characteristics
allow high movement
low friction
hyaline cartilage
covers ends of articulating bones in synovial joints
synovial fluid
fills the capsule around synovial joints to aid low friction movement
uniaxial joint
characteristics
moves on one axis
ex. elbow
biaxial joint
characteristics
movement on 2 perpendicular axes
ex. wrist, ankle
multiaxial joint
characteristics
movement in all 3 axes
ex. hip, shoulder
vertebral column
characteristics
7 cervical (neck)
12 thoracic (upper & middle back)
5 lumbar (lower back)
5 sacral (fused) (back of pelvis)
3-5 coccygeal
epimysium
outside covering of muscle
bone periosteum
outside covering of bone
tendon
end of muscle that attaches to bone periosteum
proximal attachment of muscle
definition
closer to trunk
distal attachment of muscle
definition
further from trunk
superior attachment of muscle
definition
closer to head
further from feet
inferior attachment of muscle
closer to feet
further from head
muscle fiber
muscle cell
muscle fiber characteristics
many nuclei
long
cylindrical
fascicle
bundle of muscle fibers
perimysium
outside covering of muscle fascicle
endomysium
outside covering of muscle fiber
sarcolemma
membrane of muscle fiber (muscle cell)
covers endomysium
motor neuron
nerve cell that innervates muscle fibers
neuromuscular junction
meeting spot of motor neuron and muscle fiber
each fiber has it’s own
motor unit
a motor neuron and all its fibers
sarcoplasm
characteristics
cytoplasm of a muscle cell
has contractile proteins, other proteins, fats, mitochondria, enzymes, sarcoplasmic reticulum, etc.
myofibril
made of myofilaments arranged into sarcomeres
myofilament
actin
myosin
actin
thin myofilament
(actin particles in double helix arrangement.
troponin at intervals & tropomyosin in groove)
myosin
characteristics
thick myofilament
fibrous tail, hinge, globular head
crossbridge
the meeting of the myosin head with the actin filament
number of crossbridges dictates force production
sarcomere
contractile unit of muscle
sarcoplasmic reticulum
system of tubes in muscle fiber that stores calcium ions in vescicles
t-tubules
run perpendicular to sarcoplasmic reticulum to deliver calcium ions to depths of muscle fiber
action potential
electrical nerve impulse leading to contraction