Lecture 13: Skeletal Muscles Head and Neck Flashcards
Types of muscular tissue
Smooth
Cardiac
Skeletal
Smooth muscles
Found in blood vessels and hollow viscera (stomach, urinary bladder)
Regular involuntary movements
Autonomic nervous system
Cardiac muscles
Found in heart
Rhythmic involuntary contractions
Autonomic nervous system
Skeletal muscles
Attached to bones
Required for locomotion
Causes voluntary movements of ones at level of joints
Somatic nervous system
Origin
Bony attachment of muscles that remains stationary during muscle contraction
Insertion
Attachment of muscle that moves from muscle contraction
Function
Movement caused by muscle contraction
Generally insertion moving towards origin or putting them in the same plane
Innervation
Somatic nervous system through spinal and cranial nerve that carries the motor impulse
Shape
Named after its shape
Ex. Rhomboid, trapezius, deltoid
Location
Named after its location
Ex. Pectoralis, intercostal, brachialis
Attachment site
Named based on attachment site
Ex. Sternocleidomastoid
Number of heads
Muscles have more than 1 head (origin)
Ex. Biceps brachii (2), quadriceps femoris (4)
Function
Named based on the function
Ex. Extensor digitorum, erector spinae
Direction of fibers
Names after direction of fibrers
Ex. Transversus abdominis, rectus capitis
Size
Named after size
Ex. Gluteus maximus, vastus medialis, latissimus dorsi