Chapter 6 Flashcards
Basic muscle types found in body
Skeletal
Cardiac
Smooth
Which muscle cells are elongated?
Skeletal and smooth
Muscle cell is AKA
Muscle fiber
What causes the contraction and shortening of muscle?
Movement of microfilaments
Myo-
Muscle
Mys-
Muscle
Sarco-
Flesh
Only consciously controlled muscle
Skeletal muscle
Most skeletal muscles are attached by ___ to bones
Tendons
Large, cigar shaped, stritrated, multinucleate
Skeletal muscle
Speed of contraction of skeletal muscles
Slow to fast
Speed of contraction of cardiac muscle
Slow
Speed of contraction of smooth muscle
Very slow
What controls cardiac muscle contractions?
Involuntary, pacemaker, nervous system, hormones
What controls smooth muscle contractions?
Involuntary, nervous system, hormones, chemicals, stretch
Rhythmic contractions (skeletal)?
No
Rhythmic contractions (cardiac)?
Yes
Rhythmic contractions (smooth)?
Yes, in some
Endomysium
Encloses single muscle fiber
Perimysium
Wraps around bundle of muscle fibers
Fascicle
Bundle of muscle fibers
Epimysium
Covers entire skeletal muscle
Fascia
Outside of epimysium
Epimysium blends into connective tissue attachments which are
Tendons
Aponeuroses
Tendon
Cord-like
Mostly collagen
Cross joints
Tough and small
Aponeuroses
Sheet like
Attach muscles indirectly to bone, cartilage or connective tissue coverings
Smooth muscle
No striations
Found in hollow organs
Uninucliate
Cardiac muscle
Striations
Only walls of heart.
Uninucliate
Intercalated discs
Additional roles of skeletal muscle
Maintain muscle and body position
Stabilize joints
Generate heat
Sarcolemma
Surround muscle fibers
Special plasma membrane
Myofibrils
Myofibrils
Long organelles in muscle cell
Has light and dark bands
I Bands
Light bands
only thin filaments
Z disc is midline interruption
A Bands
Dark bands
Entire length of thick filaments
H zone is a lighter central area
M Line is in center of H zone
Actin
Thin myofilament
Myosin
Thick myofilament
Structural and functional unit of skeletal muscle
Sarcomere
Sarcomere
Contractile unit of a muscle fiber
Parts of sarcomere
Myosin and actin
Which filaments have ATPase?
Myosin filaments aka thick filaments
Myosin heads
Projections
Cross bridges
Link thick and thin filaments during contraction
Actin is anchored to
Z DISC
Which zone in the A band lacks actin filaments at rest?
H zone
What happens to H zones during contraction?
They disappear because actin and myosin overlap
____area between two neighboring Z discs
Sarcomere
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Special smooth ER
Surrounds myofibril
Stores and releases calcium
Functional properties of skeletal muscles
Irritability
Contractility
Extensibility
Elasticity
Irritability
Receiving and responding to stimuli
Contractility
Ability to forcibly shorten
Extensibility
Ability to stretch