Muscles-Chapter 9 Flashcards
myo__________
muscle
sarco________
flesh or muscle
What are the properties of muscle?
(1) excitable-respond to stimuli
(2) contractile-forcibly shorten
(3) extensible-stretch without damage
(4) elastic-return to original shape
What are the functions of muscle?
(1) posture
(2) movement
(3) heat production
(4) guard orifices
(5) support visceral organs
Muscles are _________ because they are made up of multiple tissue types
organs
attach to bone, skin, or fascia, striated with a regular arrangement of proteins (high tensile strength and give direction), long thin multinucleated fibers, have voluntary control (need a stimulus), contract rapidly and easily fatigue
skeletal muscle
striated w/ regular arrangement of proteins, have a network of uninucleated fibers, intercalated discs increase the number of gap junctions, have involuntary control due to autorhythmic cells, contract slower and resist fatigue
cardiac muscle
attach to hair follicles in skin and walls of hollow organs, non striated and exhibit involuntary control, contractions are slow and sustained, resist fatigue
smooth muscle
areolar and/or adipose loose connective tissue, surrounds several muscles, minimize skin distortion and protects from external trauma
subcutaneous fascia (hypodermis)
made of dense irregular connective tissue, surrounds individual muscle, holds fibers, nerves and vessels in place, separate from other muscle
deep fascia
a many muscle fibers bundled together, ranging form 10 to 100 muscle cells (fibers)
fascicles
several __________ make up a muscle
fassicles
one motor neuron and all muscle fibers it innervates
motor unit
What are the three kinds of skeletal muscle connective tissue?
(1) epimysium
(2) perimysium
(3) endomysium
made of dense irregular connective tissue, surrounds the whole muscle tissue
epimysium
made of dense irregular tissue, surrounds fascicles, contains elastin, nerve bundles, and vessels
perimysium
made of loose reticular connective tissue, separate individual muscle fibers, holds cappilaries, neves, and myosatellite cells
endomysium
Why do all three layers of muscle connective tissue extend beyond the muscle belly?
to form the tendon
Why is tendon collagen continuous with bone matrix and periosteal collagen?
gives strength and allows for force transfer
flattened sheet of tendon that allows for specificity of digits
aponeurosis
myoblasts come from embryonic cells, fuse to form muscle fibers (longer in adults), myoblasts that do not fuse become myosatellite cells which repair damaged fibers
development of muscle fiber
muscle fiber cytoplasm
sarcoplasm
plasma membrane of a fiber
sarcolemma
sarcolemma extensions into sarcoplasm
transverse (T) tubule
the enlarged sarcoplasmic reticulum, has no direct contact with T tubules
terminal cisternae
junction where a membrane, T tubule, and another membrane come in contact with each other
triad
synapse between a motor neuron and muscle fiber
neuromuscular junction
located at the end of the neuron
synaptic terminal
at the sarcolemma with receptors
motor end plate
What is the neurotransmitter that most often crosses the synapse for muscular contraction?
acetlycholine
Why are triads important to a contraction coupling of a muscle?
they allow for a quicker release of Ca into the sarcoplasm
surrounded by sarcoplasmic reticulum, extend the length of the fiber, contain both actin and myosin, arranged in sarcomeres
myofibrils
functional unit of striated muscle
sarcomeres
What are the 3 kinds of sarcomere filaments?
(1) contractile
(2) structural
(3) regulatory