MUSCLE TISSUE AND MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM Flashcards
3 Types of muscle tissue
Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac
Similarities among 3 types(3)
Mesoderm-derived
Possess numerous mitochondria to accommodate their high energy requirements
All contain contractile elements known as myofilaments
SINGLE-CELL CONTRACTILE UNITS (3)
Myoepithelial cell
Pericyte
Myofibroblast
Important component of secretory glands
Myoepithelial cell
Smooth muscle-like cell that surrounds blood vessels
Pericyte
Has a contractile role; secretes collagen; predominant during repair
myofibroblast
Striation and function of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscles
skeletal: striated, voluntary
smooth: non-striated, involuntary
cardiac: striated, involuntary
Long, unbranched, cylindrical with blunt ends and cross-striations
Multinucleated cells
= Large and peripherally located
Contraction: quick, forceful, and under voluntary control
SKELETAL MUSCLE
cylindrical → middle and terminal parts have the same size
LS of skeletal
polygonal in outline with dark blue or ovoid nuclei at the periphery
CS of Skeletal
ORGANIZATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE (7)
Epimysium
Perimysium
Endomysium
Muscle cells
Myofibrils
Myofilaments
SARCOMERE
External sheath of irregular DWFCT
Surrounds the entire muscle
Epimysium
Thin CT layer
Immediately surrounds each bundle of muscle fibers (fascicle)
Perimysium
Thin layer of reticular CT and scattered fibroblasts
Surrounds individual muscle fibers
Endomysium
aka muscle fibers, myofibers, myocytes
_______(2)= muscle cell membrane
_______(3) = cytoplasm
______(4) = endoplasmic reticulum
Muscle cells
Sarcolemma
Sarcoplasm
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Chain of sarcomeres
Myofibrils
Region between two Z-lines
Regular light and dark bands are visible
These stripes crossing each fiber = cross striations
SARCOMERE
A band (dark band): thick filaments; ___ (2) is the predominant component; may overlap
with actin filaments
_____(3): bisects A band; zone of myosin filaments only
____(4): middle of H zone; point of interconnection of thick myofilaments; does not contain actin
_____(5) (____(6) band): thin filaments; actin is the predominant component
____(7): zone of apposition of actin filaments belonging to two neighboring _______(1)
SARCOMERE
myosin
H zone:
M line:
I band (light band)
Z line
Capable of slow yet sustained contraction (little ATP usage)
Individual smooth muscle fibers contain contractile actin and myosin filaments
crisscross the sarcoplasm obliquely
SMOOTH MUSCLE
Spindle shaped with tapered ends and centrally located nucleus
LS Smooth muslce
Size are variable due to tapered shape of cells
CS smooth muscle
Found in walls of tubular organs
and blood vessels
SMOOTH MUSCLE
Tubular organs of smooth mm (2)
Tunica mucosa
Muscularis mucosae
Tunica muscularis of smooth mm (2)
Inner circular
Outer longitudinal