chapter 9: muscles and tissues Flashcards
skeletal muscle tissue is found…
in organs that attach and cover the skeleton
characteristics of skeletal muscles
- have striations
- voluntary muscle
characteristics of cardiac muscles
- has striations
- involuntary muscle
characteristics of smooth muscle
- found in walls of hollow visceral organs
- non-striated
- involuntary muscle
what muscle is found in walls of hollow visceral organs
smooth muscle
characteristics of muscle tissue (4)
- excitability
- contractibility
- extensibility
- elasticity
muscle functions (4)
- produce movement
- maintain posture and position
- stabilize joints
- generate heat
skeletal muscle is made of … (4)
- muscle fibers
- nerves
- blood vessels
- connective tissues
what is epimysium
- outside the muscle
- dense irregular
what is perimysium
- dense irregular
- covers fascicles
- made of collagen and elastin
what is fascicle
grouped muscle fibers that resemble bundles of sticks
what is endomysium
- within the muscle
- wispy sheath of fine areolar connective tissue
- divides each muscle fiber
what is insertion
the moveable bone
what is origin
the less or immovable bone
2 types of muscle insertions
- direct/ fleshy
- indirect
function of tendon/ aponeurosis
anchors muscle to the connective tissue covering of skeletal element or to fascia of other muscle
what is the contractile unit of the muscle
sarcomere
plasma membrane of the muscle fiber
sarcolemma
cytoplasm of muscle cell
sarcoplasm
granules of stored glycogen that provide glucose during muscle cell activity for ATP production
glycosomes