Muscle Flashcards
1
Q
Skeletal muscle
A
Voluntary; striated
2
Q
Cardiac muscle
A
involuntary; striated
3
Q
Smooth muscles
A
no striations; involuntary
4
Q
Sarcolemma
A
cell membrane
5
Q
Sarcoplasm
A
cytoplasm
6
Q
sarcosomes
A
mitochondria
7
Q
Myofibrils
A
contractile elements
8
Q
Muscle attached to skeleton via
A
tendon
9
Q
Epimysium
A
dense CT around muscle
10
Q
Perimysium
A
dense CT around fascicle
11
Q
Endomysium
A
delicate CT around fiber (cell)
12
Q
Skeletal muscle
A
needs a lot of vascular supply
has satellite cells
13
Q
Satellite cells
A
source of stem cells in adult muscle that can repair damage– why lift less weights when older
14
Q
When lifting weights satellite cells
A
proliferate
15
Q
A band
A
anisotropic, dark band, myosin