m+ Flashcards
Insertion
part that moves
Orgin
Part that doesn’t move
How many attachments do muscles have
2
Flexor
moves moving ventral to ventral
Extensor
muscles move the dorsal side to dorsal
Filaments
smallest components of m+ tissue
Myofibrils
filaments clustered togethered
Muscle fibers
myofibrils clustered togehter
fascicle
a cluster of muscle fivers
muscle
fascicles clustered together
epimysium
layer of connective tissue around whole tissue
perimysium
surrounds individual fascicles within each muscle
endomysium
covering each muscle fiber
sarcomere
the “functional unit” of the muscle cell/fiber where the actual contraction happens
Z-lines
think actin filaments anchored there
A-band
thick myosin filaments
I band
thin actin filaments
H zone
space between actin filaments
Z line to Z line is ____?
sarcomere