Muscle Ultratissue Flashcards
Types of muscle
Skeletal, cardiac, smooth
Skeletal muscle is…
Striated muscle which is under voluntary control of the somatic nervous system
Cardiac muscle is
Striated muscle found only on the heart
Smooth muscle is…
Non-striated muscle which is controlled involuntarily by the autonomic nervous system
Cell surface membrane of muscle cell
Sarcolemma
T-tubules are…
Invaginations of the sarcolemma which conduct charge when a cell is depolarised
Sarcoplasmic reticulums are…
Specialised endoplasmic reticulums which contain large storages of calcium ions
Hierarchy of muscle organisation
Muscle fibres -> fascicles -> muscle
Muscle fibres are surrounded by
Endomysium
Muscle Fascicles are surrounded by
Perimysium
Muscles are surrounded by
Epimysium
Functional unit of muscle
Sarcomere
Z line
Actin filaments are anchored
M line
Where myosin filaments are anchored
I band
Contains only actin filaments