Histology 3 - Muscle and Bone Flashcards
Activity of Skeletal Muscle
Strong, quick, discontinuous voluntary contraction
Activity of Cardiac Muscle
Strong, quick, continuous involuntary contraction
Activity of Smooth Muscle
Weak, slow, involuntary contraction
Structure of Skeletal Muscle
Components of Skeletal Muscle
- Actin filament and myosin filament → Sarcomere → Myofibril (tandem repeat of sarcomeres → Muscle fiber (muscle cell) → Fascicle (bundle of muscle cells) → Muscle
Properties of Skeletal Muscle Cell (3)
- Exerts, strong, quick, discontinous voluntary contraction
- Long, cylindrical, multinucleated
- Able to regnerate, due to surrounding satellite cells
Muscle Fiber Type 1
- Red fiber (slow twitch)
- Slow, continous contraction
- Abundant in myoglobin (carry O2)
Muscle Fiber Type 2
- White Fiber (Fast twitch)
- Rapid, discontinous contraction
- Fueled by glycolysis
Perimysium
Connective tissue sheath surrounding fascicles
Epimysium
Connective tissue sheath covering muscle
Endomysium
Connective tissue sheath that wraps around individual muscle fiber
Identifying Skeletal Muscle
- Peripherally located oval nuclei
- Multi-nucleated
- Cytoplasm >>>> Nucleus
- Cross-striation
Identify the cell type:
Skeletal Muscle (Longitudinal view)
Identify the cell type:
Skeletal Muscle (Cross-Section)
Properties of Cardiac Muscle Cell
- Exerts vigorous, rhythmic, quick, continuous, involuntary contraction
- Composed of elongated, branched, individual (mono-nuclear) cells
- Cross-striated
- Arranged in layers
- Incapable of regeneration
- Interacalated discs are located at sites of cell-to-cell contact