Muscle Flashcards
Skeletal (Cell Type/Nucleus/Innervation)
Striated
Multinucleate
Innervated by somatic nervous system
Cardiac (Cell Type/Nucleus/Innervation)
Striated
Uninucleate
Innervated by autonomic nervous system
Smooth (Cell Type/Nucleus/Innervation)
Not Striated
Uninucleate
Innervated by autonomic nervous system
Endomysium
Smallest
- Insulates individual muscle fibre
Perimysium
Medium
- Around each fascicle (Bundle of Muscle Fibre)
Epimysium
Largest
- Binds fascicles into a muscle
Tenosynovium
Epitenon + Paratenon
Endotenon
Encloses groups of fiber bundles to form fascicles
- Encloses blood vessels, nerves, lymphatics
Epitenon
Sheath that covers entire tendon
Paratenon
Double Layered Sheath that surrounds areolar tissue (connective tissue)
Fibers
Formed from bundles of Collagen Fibrils
Fascicles
Made up of bundles of fibers
How do nerves innervate the muscle?
By penetrating through the epimysium
Neuromuscular Synapse
Where chemicals are released into for chemical communication between nerve and muscle
Blood Vessels alignment with Nerves
Blood vessels are parallel to the nerves that innervate the muscle
Alpha Motor Neuron
Cell body in ventral horn of spinal cord or brainstem
Motor Unit
Alpha Motor Neurons plus the muscle it innervates
How many muscle fibres does one motor neuron innervate?
One motor neuron can innervate several fibres
How many neurons can innervate a single fibre
Only one neuron innervates a single fibre
Muscle Hypertrophy causes
Enlargement of muscle
Increase mitochondria
Increase activity of muscle spindles
Increase concentration of glycolytic enzymes
Increase glycogen reserves
Muscle Atrophy causes
Decreases muscle mass
Decreases muscle tone
Physical Therapy reduces effects of muscle atrophy
Parallel Muscle Fibers
Arm, abdomen
Long muscle with a central portion (belly)
Fascicles pull in same direction
Contraction: Muscle gets shorter belly gets wider
Convergent Muscle Fibers
Chest, Shoulder
Fan shape, span a wide area, but, originate from the same base
Fascicules in same direction
Pennate Muscle Fibers
Feather Stem shape
Contain more muscle fiber than parallel muscles, generate more force