Lecture 18- muscle physiology Flashcards
what are the 3 types of muscle?
skeletal muscle
cardiac muscle
smooth muscle
what does the skeletal muscle do?
makes up muscular system
where is smooth muscle found?
throughout the body systems as components of hollow organs and tubes
describe skeletal muscle? uninucleated or multinucleated? striated or not striated? what form is it in?
multinucleated
striated
long, stacked in parallel
describe cardiac muscle? uninucleated or multinucleated? striated or not striated? what form is it in?
uninucleated
striated
stacked end to end, intercalated disk
describe skeletal muscle? uninucleated or multinucleated? striated or not striated? what form is it in?
uninucleated
not striated
sheets or tubes
what does controlled muscle contraction allow for? 3
movement of joints limbs and whole body
momentum of contents through various hollow internal organs
emptying of contents of certain organs to external environment (piss n shit)