Chapter 7 Flashcards
Which type of muscle is under voluntary control
Skeletal
Which type of muscle is found in the heart
Cardiac
Which type of muscle is found in the blood vessels and airways ?
Smooth
Which muscle is attached to the bones
Skeletal
Which type of muscle does not have striations
Smooth
When a muscle increases in diameters is called
Hypertrophy
When a muscle begins to waste away because of disuse
Atrophy
Muscle - is partial contraction and resistance to stretching shown even when a muscle is at rest
Tone
Fibrous tissues that attach muscle to bones
Tendons
Attach bones to each other
Ligaments
Light meat vs dark meat chicken
Dark meat has a higher fat content and higher number of blood vessels which makes it dark
The two threadlike proteins (myofilaments) that slide to generate a muscle contraption are called
Actin and myosin
The thick myofilaments in a muscle cell are made of
Myosin
The thin myofilaments in a muscle cell are made up of
Actin
This substance stored in sarcoplasmic reticulum allows cross bridges to form between 2 types of myofilaments in muscle cells
Calcium
