locomotion an dmovement Flashcards
The movement which results in the change of place or location is called ____
locomotion
Three basic types of movements are exhibited by the cells of human body, namely (3)
amoeboid
ciliary
muscular.
eg of cells which show pseudopodial movement
WBCs and macrophages
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Muscular Movement: In humans, movement of limbs, jaw, tongue and other body parts occur due to
contraction of muscles. The muscles contract and relax rhythmically to produce movement and are used
effectively for locomotion.
tru/false:
all locomotions are movements but all movements are not locomotions
tru
Muscle is a specialised tissue originating from the germ layer, ___
mesoderm
The muscular tissue is made up of specialised cells called ___
myocytes
A human body is made up of ___ muscles
639
They make up about __-__percent of body weight in adult human.
40-50
The myocytes have an ability to contract. They can shorten by __-__of their length due to contraction
and then return to their original length.
1/3 to 1/2
The property of shortening and then returning to relaxed state of the muscle fibre is called __
elasticity
A muscle is covered by a sheath of connective tissue called ___
epimysium.
Inside the epimysium, a muscle has
many muscle fibres arranged in bundles called
fasciculi
Each fasciculus is
surrounded by a sheath of connective tissue called
perimysium
The muscle fibres are parallel to each other in
the fasciculus and surrounded by a connective tissue called
endomysium