Chapter 9 - Muscles Flashcards
Muscular tissue accounts for _____ of total body mass
45%
The scientific study of muscles is known as ____
Myology
Does most of the work generated by the body
Muscles
Functions of muscles
- Maintain posture and body position
- Movement
- Heat production
- Guard orifices
- Support visceral organs
Four properties of muscle tissue
- Excitability
- Contractility
- Extensibility
- Elasticity
The ability to receive and respond to electrical or chemical stimuli
Excitability
The ability to shorten forcibly when stimulated
Contractility
The ability to be stretched forcibly when stimulated
Extensibility
Ability to return to original shape after being stretched
Elasticity
Muscles are ____
Organs
Tissue types in muscles
- Connective
- Arteries/Veins
- Nerves
- Lymphatics
- Contractile muscle cells
Seven skeletal muscle characteristics
- Attaches to bone, skin, or fascia
- Striated with light and dark bands
- Voluntary control
- Long, thin and multi-nucleated fibers
- Arranged into packages that attach to and cover the bony skeleton
- Contracts rapidly, but tire easily
- May exert great force
One muscle cell = ?
One fiber
Main portion of a muscle
Belly (Gaster)
Muscle structure
- Belly is attached to tendons
- Tendons are attached to bone
- Dense irregular CT around muscle
- Holds it in place and separates it from other muscles
Deep fascia
Loose CT beneathskin, surrounds several muscles
Subcutaneous fascia
Skeletal muscle organization
- Many muscle fibers are bundled together into groups called fascicles
- 10-100 muscles cells (fibers)
- Several fascicles make up a muscle
Three layers in skeletal muscle CT
- Epimysium
- Perimysium
- Endomysium
Surrounds the whole muscle
Epimysium
Surrounds fascicles
Perimysium
Separates individual muscle fibers (cells)
Endomysium
All connective tissue extends beyond the muscle belly to form the _____
Tendon
Tendons may form thick flattened sheets called
Aponeuroses
Embryonic cells that fuse to form muscle fibers
Myoblasts (Thats why they are so long and multinucleate)
Myoblasts that do not fuse become ___
Myosatellite cells
Assist in repair of damaged cells
Myosatellite cells
Three components to fiber structure
- Sarcoplasm
- Sarcolemma
- Transverse (T) tubule
Fiber cytoplasm
Sarcoplasm
Plasma membrane of a fiber
Sarcolemma
Extensions of the sarcolemma into the sarcoplasm
Transverse (T) tubule
Contractile organelles that extend the length of fiber
Myofibrils
Myofibrils are surrounded by the ____
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Characteristics of sarcoplasmic reticulum
- Similar to ER
- Contains calcium ions
The functional unit of a myofibril is called a ____
Sarcomere
What are sarcomeres made of?
Thick and thin filaments
What are thick filaments made of?
Myosin
Characteristics of myosin
- Twisted protein with globular heads
- 1.6 um long
- 500/thick filament
Two components to thin filaments
- Actin
2. Regulatory proteins
- Structural protein
- Coiled “beads”
Actin
Allow and prohibit attachment between actin and myosin
Regulatory proteins
Two regulatory proteins in the thin filaments
- Tropomyosin
2. Troponin
Causes the striated appearance of muscle
Sarcomere “bands”
Four bands in sarcomere with their meanings
- A band - entire thick filament
- I band - only thin filaments
- H band - only thick filaments
- Zone of overlap - both filaments
Divide and flank the sarcomere
Sarcomere “lines”
Two sarcomere lines
- Z line
2. M line
- The end of the sarcomere
- Made of actinin proteins
- Anchor thin filaments
Z line
- Middle of the sarcomere
- Stabilize thick filaments
M line
Three structural proteins
- Titin
- Nebulin
- Actinin