muscle tissue Flashcards
what are the functions of muscle tissue
- produce movements of skeleton
- maintain posture and body position
- stabilize joints
- generate heat
- store and move things through body
- serve as nutrient reserve
what are the characteristics and properties of muscular tissue
- excitable
- contractible
- extensibility
- elasticity
what does excitable mean
has the ability to respond to a stimuli by producing action potentials
what is contractility
ability to contract when stimulated by an action potential
what is extensibility
ability to stretch without being damaged
what is elasticity
ability to return to its original shape
what are the characteristics of muscle
- organs made up of muscles, connective tissues and nerve tissue
- all have one artery and veins
- has a nerve ending
- they span a joint and attach to 2 bones
what is the basis of the organization of a muscle
- each skeletal muscle is a separate organ composed of 100s of muscle fibers –> cells
- a skeletal muscle contains CT wrapped around muscle fibers, blood vessels and nerves
what are the 3 layers of connective tissue involved in the organization of a muscle
epimysium
perimysium
endomysium
what is epimysium (also known as a fascia)
- the outer layer of CT
- the membrane that surrounds the whole muscle + acts as a covering
what is perimysium
- the membrane that surrounds and wraps around 100s of muscle fibers into bundles (fascicles)
what is a fascicle
- bundle of muscle fibers
- a muscle is define as a group of fascicles working together
what is endomysium
- is inside each fascicle
- wraps around each individual muscle fiber
what is the basis of the organization of a muscle fiber
each muscles fiber is made from the fusion of 100s of myoblasts
what are the parts included in the organization of the muscle fiber
myofibrils
myofilaments
t tubues
sarcoplasmic reticulum
cisternae
sarcolemma
sarcoplasm
sarcomere
what is the sarcolemma
the cell membrane of muscle fibers
what are transverse tubules
- enfolding’s in the sarcolemma that encircle the muscle fibers
- ensures the act pot excites all parts of the muscle fiber
what is the sarcoplasm
- cytoplasms of the muscle cell
- contains glycogen and myoglobin
what is the role of glycogen
synthesizes atp
what role of myoglobin
release oxygen when needed by the mitochondria
what is the role of the mitochondria
site of oxidative respiration
what is sarcoplasmic reticulum
membrane system that wraps around myofibrils
- net pattern
what are myofibrils
- bundles of myofilaments wrapped in sarcoplasmic reticulum
what are terminal cisternae
- sac-like area of the sarcoplasmic reticulum
- stores calcium
what are triads
- junction site between T tubules and 2 cisternae
- it’s the site where electrical impulses can enter inside a muscle cell
what is a sarcomere
- the contractile unit of a muscle fiber
- contains myofilaments
what are myofilaments
- the contractile elements
what are the 2 kinds of myofilament
- actin
- myosin
what’s actin
- the thin filaments
- light bands
what is myosin
- the thick filaments
- dark bands
in the overlap region of the actin and myosin, what is the ratio
1 myosin for every 2 actin
what are the components that are found/make up the sarcomere
myosin
actin
z line
A bands
I bands
H zone
M line
what is the A band
- dark band
- the entire length of dark band/thick filament
- contains myosin with overlapping actin