Introduction to muscular system Flashcards
What are the four functions of the skeletal muscle?
Movement
posture
protection
thermogenesis
What type of skeletal muscle is this?
_________-contraction pulls on insertions where a tendon attaches to a bone or
other tissue.
Movement
What type of skeletal muscle is this?
_________-producing muscle tone with continuous contractions to stabilize
joints.
Posture
What type of skeletal muscle is this?
_________-muscles support the walls of the abdominopelvic cavity and protect
the visceral organs ex: rectus abdominis and transverse abdominis protect the intestines.
Protection
What type of skeletal muscle is this?
_________-Metabolism can be regulated to produce heat and warm the body
temperature.
Thermogenesis
What are the two general functional properties of muscle tissue?
Excitability and
contractility
What type of general functional property of muscle tissue is this?
_______- muscles respond to stimuli. In the case of skeletal muscles, we will
see that the stimulus comes from a motor neuron.
Excitability
What type of general functional property of muscle tissue is this?
_______-muscles can shorten when stimulated.
Contractility
Structure/Location Cardiac Muscle: Found in the muscular wall of the heart (myocardium).
Branching striated cells called 7)______ have a central round nucleus and form cell
junctions called 8)___________ disks that contain desmosomes and gap junctions.
9)_____________- alternating light and dark bands (stripes)
7) cardiomyocytes
8) Intercalated discs
9) Striations
Functional Properties of Cardiac Muscle:
• Contraction is 10) _______
o Stimulated by an internal pacemaker of the heart.
o Regulated by the autonomic nervous system and endocrine system.
10) involuntary
Structure/Location of Smooth Muscle: Spindle shaped (fusiform) cells with a central nucleus
and no striations. Found in the walls of hollow organs.
Functional Properties of Smooth Muscle:
• 11) ______
o Regulated by the autonomic nervous system and endocrine system.
11) involuntary
Structure/Location of Skeletal Muscle: Long, striated cells called 12)_________ that
contain multiple nuclei.
12) fibers
13)_________- a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers
The Skeletal Muscle Organs are connected to bones through tendons (dense regular CT)
• Aponeurosis- tendon that forms a thick flattened sheet.
Fascicle
14)_________- location where a tendon attaches to a bone that remains stationary during
the action produced by contraction of that skeletal muscle.
Origin
15)________- attachment that moves during the action produced by contraction.
Insertion
Connective Tissue layers of skeletal muscle.
*In order
Epimysium perimysium endomysium sarcolemma myofibril Sarcoplasmic Transverse (T) Tubules Terminal citernae.
What connective tissue layer of skeletal muscle is this?
16)_________- superficial covering of fibrous CT that encloses the skeletal muscle
organ and connects to the tendons
Epimysium
What connective tissue layer of skeletal muscle is this?
______-fibrous CT covering bundles of muscle fibers called fascicles
Perimysium
What connective tissue layer of skeletal muscle is this?
______-areolar CT covering individual fibers within a fascicle.
Endomysium
What connective tissue layer of skeletal muscle is this?
_______-plasma membrane of a muscle fiber
Sarcolemma
What connective tissue layer of skeletal muscle is this?
_______-non-membranous organelles within muscle fibers made of repeating
structural and functional units called Sarcomeres containing overlapping myofilaments.
Myofibril