Muscles MM Flashcards
What is the longest muscle in the body?
Sartorius (runs from the anterior superior iliac spine to proximal medial portion of the tibia)
What is the outer plasma membrane of a muscle cell?
Sarcolemma
T/F Muscles are all or nothing
True
What is muscle tone?
The readiness to fire; keeps muscle tone just above threshold of firing by randomly firing the alternate fibers
In a deep realm of sleep is the muscle tone high or low?
Low
What is stacked end to end in series?
Sarcomeres
When you lifts weight this gets bigger and bigger?
Myofibrils
Stacked sarcomeres make what?
Myofilaments then myofibril
What is the true measure of physical fitness?
V02 Max measures how quickly you take in oxygen and how quickly it comes out as CO2
What takes all of the mysiums and bundles them together and attaching them to the bone ?
Tendon
What is around the whole muscle ?
Epimysium
What are the three mysiums?
Epimysium, Perimysium, Endomysium
What is around each fascicle?
Perimysium
What is around each fiber?
Endomysium
What type of muscle is located in the walls of digestive, respiratory, urinary and reproductive organs?
Smooth Muscle