Module 3 Flashcards
What are the three types of muscles?
Cardiac
Smooth
Skeletal
What are the components of all muscles?
- muscle tissue
- blood vessels
- tendons
- nerves
characteristics of smooth muscle
- controlled by the nervous system or hormones
- either generally inactive, only responding stimuli OR is rhythmic
characteristics of skeletal muscle
- help body move
- most is attached to bones via tendons
characteristics of cardiac tissue
- found in the heart
- contracts rhythmically, modulated by neural activity/hormones
what are the two characterizations of muscle?
morphological and functional
what are the two different morphological characterizations of muscle
smooth and striated
SMOOTH MUSCLE
- fusi form shaped cells with no striations
- centrally located nucleus within the cell
- found in blood vessels, digestive system, other viscera
STRIATED MUSCLE
- marked by both light and dark bands in appearance
- skeletal and cardiac
makeup of skeletal muscle
- long muscle fibres
- multi-nucleated cells
- peripherally located nucleus within the cell
makeup of cardiac muscle
- intercalated discs
- centrally located nucleus within the cell
what are the two functional characteristics of muscle?
voluntary and involuntary
VOLUNTARY MUSCLE
- consciously controlled in order to perform a specific function
- SKELETAL MUSCLE only
Which muscles are voluntary and which are involuntary?
VOLUNTARY = skeletal INVOLUNTARY = smooth, cardiac
what are the two muscle functions?
excitability and contractility
what is excitability?
muscle tissue recieves electrical signals from nerves or stimulation from hormones to contract
what is contrctility
when a muscle cell is activated by a nerve or stimulated by a hormone, this causes the muscle to shorten, resulting in a contraction
how many named muscles are apart of the skeletal muscle system
700
how much of a person’s weight is accounted for my skeletal muscle?
50%
functions of skeletal muscle?
- movement
- posture
- stabilize joints
- control excretion and swallowing
- produce heat
how are connective tissue and muscle tissue combined in skeletal muscle tissue?
the connective tissue surrounds the muscle tissue and attaches the ends of each muscle to bone
what are the three layers of connective tissue that are apart of skeletal muscle?
Epimysium
Perimysium
Endomysium
what is epimysium
layer of connective tissue that surrounds the entire muscle
what is permysium?
layer of connective tissue surrounding a bundle of muscle fibres (fascicle) within a muscle