Muscle Flashcards
What does muscle do to chemical energy?
Changes it into mechanical energy
How much of the body weight does muscle form?
50%
What percentage of muscle does the skeletal muscle make up?
80%
What percentage of muscle does smooth and cardiac muscle make up?
10%
What are the five functions of muscle?
- They contract…
- They generate heat
- They generate motion
- They generate force
- They provide support
What are the three main types of muscle?
- Skeletal muscle
- Cardiac muscle
- Smooth muscle
Name the voluntary muscle
Skeletal muscle
Name the involuntary muscles
Cardiac and smooth
What types of muscle are skeletal and cardiac muscle?
Striated muscle
What type of muscle is smooth muscle?
Unstriated muscle
Is skeletal muscle strong or weak?
Strong
Is cardiac muscle strong or weak?
Strong
Is smooth muscle strong or weak?
Weaker
What type of contractions does skeletal muscle have?
Short contractions
What type of contractions does cardiac muscle have?
Continuous contractions
What type of contractions does smooth muscle have?
Continuous contractions
What type of nuclei does skeletal muscle have?
Peripheral nuclei
What type of nuclei does cardiac muscle have?
Central nuclei
What type of nuclei does smooth muscle have?
Central nuclei
What is the make up of skeletal muscle?
Fibres, striations
What is the make up of cardiac muscle?
Fibres (branching), striations
What is the make up of smooth muscle?
Cells
What is a skeletal muscle also called and why?
A muscle fibre because of its greater length than width
What is the length of a muscle fibre?
75,000 µm or 2.5 feet
What is the diameter of a muscle fibre?
From 10 to 100 micrometers
What is the shape of a muscle fibre?
Elongated and cylindrical
What is the outer membrane of a muscle fibre called?
Sarcolemma
What is the chemical composition of muscle?
- Proteins (20%) (either as enzymes or for muscle Control)
- Lactic Acid (in muscle that has undergone fatigue)
- ATP, ADP
- Myoglobin (stores O2 & gives colour to the muscle)
What are all muscle fibres innervated by?
A single neuron
What is the innervation ratio of motor neuron to muscle fibres?
From 1:100 to 1:2000
What is the motor neuron of skeletal muscle cells?
Spinal motor neuron
Eye motor neurons ratio
1:23
What is the myoneural junction?
Synapse between motor neuron & muscle fiber
What is the motor end plate?
A specialised area of sarcolemma under axon terminal
What is the neurotransmitter of the myoneural junction?
Acetylcholine
What is the sarcolemma?
Plasmalemma of muscle cells.
What is external to the sarcolemma?
A well developed basement membrane
What is the sarcoplasm?
Cytoplasm of muscle cells excluding the myofibrils
What is the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum of muscle cells.
What is the epimysium?
Thick layer of collagenous connective tissue that separates large bundles of muscle
What is the perimysium?
Collagenous connective tissue that separates smaller bundles of muscle cells called fascicles
What is the fascicle?
A bundle of muscle cells bounded by perimysium
What is the endomysium?
A thinner layer of connective tissue that separates individual muscle cells
How is skeletal muscle connected to bone?
Via a tendon
What are each muscle cell (nuclei)?
Syncytial
What does syncytial mean?
Each striated muscle cell contains multiple nuclei (multinucleate)
What is present within the sarcoplasm?
Myofibrils
What are myofibrils composed of?
Repeating sacromere unit
What are myofibrils?
Linear arrays of structures known as sarcomeres that are arranged in an end to end repeating pattern.
What do the sarcomeres contain?
Actin and myosin
What do actin and myosin do?
They interact to cause contraction of the muscle cells
How are tendons formed?
Collagen fibres blend to form the tendon at the end muscle
Muscle - breakdown (large to small)
- Muscle
- Fascicle
- Muscle cell/fibre
- Myofibril
- Myofilaments
What are myofibrils composed of?
Myofilaments
What does a myofibril display?
Alternating dark and light bands
What are dark bands (band type)?
A bands - thick and thin filaments
What are light bands (band type)?
I bands - thin filaments only
What (area) is the sarcomere?
The area between 2 consecutive Z discs/ lines
What is the functional unit of a muscle?
Sarcomere