Muscle Flashcards
How many muscles are in the body?
600
What percent of your body weight do muscles take up?
40% (50% if you count smooth muscle)
What does the word “mus” mean?
Little mouse
How much could you lift if you used all of your potential power at once?
25 tons
What is the only thing muscles can do?
Contract
What are the functions of muscles? (4)
- Create movement
- Maintain posture
- Stabilize joints
- Generate heat
Where is fascia located?
Between muscles and skin
What are the external structures of muscles? (3)
- Origin
- Belly
- Insertion
What is the order when labeling a muscle? (5)
Muscles, fascicles, fibers, myofibrils, myofilaments
How many myofilaments are there in muscles?
Over 65 million
What is the dark area on a myofilament? (A-band)
Myosin
What is the light area on a myofilament? (I-band)
Actin
What surrounds a fiber?
Endomysium
What surrounds a fascicle?
Perimysium
What is another name for a cell?
Sarcolemma
What is between myofibrils?
Sarcoplasm
What does Sarco- mean?
Flesh
What is a sarcomere?
One z-line to the next
What do tendons do for us?
Provide durability, conserve space
What are the three types of muscles?
Skeletal
Cardiac
Smoothe
What kind of muscle is this?
- Cigar-shaped cells
- many nuclei per cell
- voluntary
- fast-moving but tires easily
- 40% of bodyweight
- attached to skeletal bones
Skeletal muscle
What kind of muscle is this?
- Spiral-shaped cells
- one nucleus per cell
- involuntary
- slow-acting but tireless
- have intercalated disks
- found only in the heart
Cardiac muscle
What kind of muscle is this?
- spindle-shaped cells
- one nucleus per cell
- involuntary
- slow acting but tireless
- arranged in sheets or layers
- found in internal organs that are usually hollow
Smooth muscle
What is an example of a muscle named by the # of heads?
biceps, triceps
What is an example of a muscle named by its location?
pectoralis, gluteus
What is an example of a muscle named by its shape?
deltoid, trapezius
What is an example of a muscle named by its size?
maximus, medius
What is an example of a muscle named by its depth?
internal, external
What is an example of a muscle named by its origin and insertion?
sternocleidomastoid
What is an example of a muscle named by its direction?
rectus, oblique
What is an example of a muscle named by its function?
flexors, extensors
The ability to receive and respond to stimuli
Excitability