Muscle Flashcards
1
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3 types of muscle
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skeletal, cardiac, smooth
2
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Muscle fibre organisation
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made of myofibrils made of sarcomeres containing myofilaments
3
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Sarcomeres
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responsible for giving skeletal muscle striated appearance
smallest functional unit of muscle
composed of actin (thin) and myosin (thick) filaments
4
Q
Skeletal muscle
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muscle cells are multinucleated
nuclei are peripherally located
5
Q
Perimysium
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sheath of dense irregular CT that groups muscle fibres into bundles
6
Q
Endomysium
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CT surrounding muscle cells
7
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Epimysium
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dense CT that surrounds entire muscle
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