Lecture 13: Muscular System Flashcards

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Cardiac muscle

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Involuntary
Branched fibers
Striations

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Skeletal muscle

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Voluntary
Single fiber
Long, cylindrical cell with striations

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Smooth muscle

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Involuntary
Single
Fusiform
No striations

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Muscle functions

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Movement: allow contractions
Stabilization: along with bones oppose gravity
Storage/movement of substances
Thermogenesis: shivering

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Superficial fascia

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CT separating muscle from subcutaneous layer

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Deep fascia

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Surrounds muscle with similar functions

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Epimysium

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Surrounds muscle

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Perimysium

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Surround fasicle

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Endomysium

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Surround fiber

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Myosin

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Make up thick filament. Contractile protein.

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Actin

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Make up thin filament

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Myosin-binding site

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Where myosin head attaches

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Tropomyosin

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Regulatory protein that covers active site when the muscle is relaxed. Rope like.

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Troponin

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Regulatory protein that anchors tropomyosin in place.

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Intercalated disks

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Connection point between cardiac muscle fibers that allows electrical signals to spread quickly from cell to cell

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Visceral smooth muscle tissue

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Arranged as sheets of cells

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Multiunit smooth muscle tissue

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Individual fiber acting alone