Chapter 9- Muscular System Flashcards
SKELETAL
Attached to bones
Voluntary(conscious control)
CARDIAC
Wall of heart
Involuntary(not conscious)
Pumping action of heart
SMOOTH
Internal organs ( digestive tract) Involuntary
SKELETAL MUSCLES
Attach to bones
Conscious control
Skeletal muscle is an organ
SKELETAL MUSCLE composed of
Skeletal muscle tissue
Nervous tissue
Blood(O2, nutrients)
Connective tissues(support)
Tissue coverings
Fascia-sheet of CT; enclose muscles
Tendons- cord of CT; muscle(bone)
Aponeuroses- sheet of CT; muscle(bone)
EPIMYSIUM
Surrounds whole muscle
Perimysium
Surrounds fascicles
Endomysium
Surrounds muscle fibers
Muscle fiber =
Muscle cell
Multinucleated=
Manynuclei
Sarcolemma=
Cell membrane
Sarcoplasma=
Cytoplasm
Myofibrils=
Threadlike filaments
Thin actin
Thick myosin
Sarcomeres=
Units of muscle