Muscles Flashcards
epomysium
outer most layer, covering dense connective tissue, encircle entire tissue
endomysium
wrapping of areolar connective around muscle fiber
skeletal muscle fiber
made up of smaller microscopic units called sarcomeres
sarcolemma
plasma membrane of a muscle
sarcoplasm
cytoplasm of a muscle fiber
myoglobin
red pigment in muscles to carry oxygen
sarcomere
units of muscle contraction is made up
z-line to z-line
one sarcomere length
m-line
marks middle of sarcomere
h-zone
takes in only thick (myosin)
a-band
takes in entire myosin length
i-band
takes only the acting with no myosin overlap
sarcoplasmic reticulum
store house or calcium found around each myofibril
tropomyosin and troponin
regulatory proteins: regulate the contraction and relaxation
exocytosis
form of active transport