Lecture 13: Muscular System Flashcards
Cardiac muscle
Involuntary
Branched fibers
Striations
Skeletal muscle
Voluntary
Single fiber
Long, cylindrical cell with striations
Smooth muscle
Involuntary
Single
Fusiform
No striations
Muscle functions
Movement: allow contractions
Stabilization: along with bones oppose gravity
Storage/movement of substances
Thermogenesis: shivering
Superficial fascia
CT separating muscle from subcutaneous layer
Deep fascia
Surrounds muscle with similar functions
Epimysium
Surrounds muscle
Perimysium
Surround fasicle
Endomysium
Surround fiber
Myosin
Make up thick filament. Contractile protein.
Actin
Make up thin filament
Myosin-binding site
Where myosin head attaches
Tropomyosin
Regulatory protein that covers active site when the muscle is relaxed. Rope like.
Troponin
Regulatory protein that anchors tropomyosin in place.
Intercalated disks
Connection point between cardiac muscle fibers that allows electrical signals to spread quickly from cell to cell