Muscles Flashcards
Striated and primarily voluntary
Skeletal Muscle Tissue
Striated and involuntary
Cardiac Muscle Tissue
NONstriated and involuntary
Smooth Muscle Tissue
The ability to shorten, thus developing tension (force of contraction)
Contractibility
The ability of the muscle to be stretched without being damaged
Extensibility
________ surrounds ________ (bundles of muscle fibers). The perimysium separates neighboring fascicles.
Perimysium and fascicles
The ____ of a muscle is the attachment of a muscle _____ to the _______ bone (it is usually the _____ attachment).
Origin; tendon, stationary; proximal
The _____ of a muscle is the attachment of the _____ muscle tendon to the _____ bone or even the skin (it is usually the _____ attachment).
Insertion; other; movable; distal
What is a myofibril?
Contractile unit of skeletal muscle
The tropomyosin protein has direct contact with the actin molecules while the muscle is in _____ state.
Resting
The myosin protein has direct contact with the actin molecule in the muscle’s ____ state.
Contracting
The sarcoplasm contains what?
Sarcoplasm Reticulum (SR)
The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum has _____ that store calcium ions.
Dilated end sacs called TERMINAL CISTERNS
The release of calcium ions (Ca2+) into the _____ triggers muscle contraction.
Cytosol
Where are calcium ions stored in the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum?
Terminal Cisterns
What are the two types of contraction?
Isotonic and isometric
-iso means?
Same
Tonic means?
Tension
Metric means?
Measure
What happens in isotonic contraction?
Tension remains almost CONSTANT while the muscle changes its LENGTH
What happens in isometric contraction?
Muscle develops tension but does not SHORTEN because the tension is not great enough to exceed the resistance.
What are motor neurons?
Nerve cells that send impulses down their AXONS (to the motor end plate) to stimulate muscle fibers to contract
The motor end plate contains the ______ receptors for the ACh molecules.
Neurotransmitter
What does a motor unit consist of?
Motor neuron plus all of the muscle fibers that it stimulates
Based on structural and functional characteristics, skeletal muscle fibers are classified into what three types?
- Slow oxidative fibers
- Fast oxidative-glycolytic fibers
- Fast glycolytic fibers
Slow oxidative fibers are type ___ fibers
Type I
Fast oxidative-glycolytic fibers are type ___ fibers
IIa
Fast glycolytic fibers are type ___ fibers.
IIb
Which muscle fibers fatigue the slowest?
Slow oxidative
Which muscle fibers are the intermediate fatigue fibers?
Fast oxidative glycolytic