EXAM 3 Flashcards
what is reverse muscle action
when origin moves towards insertion
describe a first class lever
Effort –> Fulcrum –> Load like a teeter totter
example of a first class lever
Neck muscle –> atlas –> skull
describe a second class lever
Fulcrum –> Load –> Effort wheelbarrow
example of a second class lever
metatarsals, body weight, calf muscles
describe a third class lever
Force –> Effort –> Load
example of third class lever
elbow joint –> biceps muscle –> weight in hand
what is the name of the outer covering of the muscle
epimysium
what covers the fascicles of the muscle
perimysium
what covers muscle fibers
endomysium
are skeletal muscles mono or multi nucleate
multinucleate
how do muscles fibers grow by hypertrophy or hyperplasia
hypertrophy
what is the sarcoplasm
cytoplasm of skeletal muscle cell
what is the sarcolemma
cell membrane of muscle cell
what is the sarcoplasmic reticulum
equivalent of smooth er in muscle cell
what is the myofibril
fiber that contains sarcomere
what is the functional unit of a muscle cell
sarcomere
what are t tubules
high ways where the action potential travels through
One sarcomere goes from ___ to ___
z-disk to z-disk