Exam 2 Flashcards
Chapter 9 Part 1
major functions of muscles
- body movement
- posture
- respiration
- body heat production
- communication
- constriction of blood vessels and organs
- heart contraction
characteristics of muscles
excitable
contractable
extensible
elasticity
excitable =
responds to stimuli
contractable=
shortens with height, muscles pull, not push
extensible=
stretch, beyond original resting length
elasticity=
recoil
3 muscle types
smooth, skeletal, cardiac
each myoblast has its own
nucleus
long, cylindrical cells formed by fusion of hundreds of embryonic cells =
myoblasts in myogenesis
Stem cells in Skeletal muscle, Usually Quiescent, Activate by Muscle damage
Stimulated to divide and fuse with existing muscle fibers
satellite cells
hypertrophy=
enlarge
what do skeletal muscles not do
undergo mitosis
what control localized region
nuclear domains
muscular compositon consists of
75% water
20% protein (actin, myosin, troponin, tropomyosin)
5% organic and inorganic compounds
muscular hierachy is
muscle fibers= muscle cell= myocyte
parallel and connect to one another by
endomysium
endomysium is what kind of CT
loose areolar
wrapped into unit called
fascicle
fascicles are connected by
perimysium
perimysium is what CT
dense irregular CT
entire unit is wrapped in a CT overcoat called
epimysium
epimysium is what CT
dense irregular CT
joins with deep muscular fascia=
separate structures
muscle anchored to bone via tendon (strap) or
aponeurosis (sheet)
can direct or indirect muscle to bone withstand more friction
indirect
what surround each muscle fiber and fascicle
bv and nerves
each what has its own nerve ending that control activity
muscle fiber
Specialized nerve cells that stimulate skeletal muscle contraction
motor neurons
each muscle fiver surrounded by plasma membrane=
sarcolemma
cytoplasm with xs glycogen and myoglobin=
sarcoplasm
Each Muscle Fiber (Cell) consists of Bundled
Contractile Elements
myofibrils
each myofibril is surrounded by
sarcoplasmic reticulum
the sarcoplasmic reticulum is highly
modified er
highly modified er regulates
calcium
Each Myofibril consists of Bundles Contractile
Elements ….. in sarcomere units
myofilaments