FINAL 02 - Muscular System Flashcards
Are responsible for all types of body movement
Muscles
2 prefixes that refer to “muscle”
myo-, mys-
Prefix that refers to “flesh”
Sarco-
Individual muscle cells that make up the skeletal muscles
Muscle fiber
Specialized plasma membrane
Sarcolemma
Long organelles inside muscle cell
Myofibrils
Light band; contains only thin filaments
I band
Dark band; contains the entire length of the thick filaments
A band
Center of each sarcomere which consists only of myosin myofilaments
H zone
The myosin myofilaments are anchored in the center of the sarcomere
M line
Contractile unit of a muscle fiber
Sarcomere
Specialized smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
7 ways to name muscles
Location, Size, Shape, Orientation, Origin and insertion, Number of heads, Function
Attachment to an immovable bone
Origin
Attachment to a movable bone
Insertion
2 types of body movements
Flexion, Extension
Decreases the angle of the joint
Flexion
Increases angle between two bones
Extension
Extension between 180°
Hyperextension
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
Rotation
Movement of a limb away from the midline
Abduction
Movement of a limb toward the midline
Adduction
Combination of flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction
Circumduction
Lifting the foot so that the superior surface approaches the shin
Dorsiflexion
Depressing the foot/pointing the toes
Plantar flexion
Turn sole of foot medially
Inversion
Turn sole of foot laterally
Eversion
Forearm rotates laterally so palm faces anteriorly
Supination
Forearm rotates medially so palm faces posteriorly
Pronation
Move thumb to touch the tips of other fingers on the same hand
Opposition