Muscles & Muscle Tissue pt.1 Flashcards
Immovable joints
Synarthrotic
Fibrous Joint
Sutures
Cartiloginous Joint
Pubic Symphysis
Type of synovial joint in which the cylindrical end of bone #1 fits into trough shaped surface of bone #2.
Hinge
Type of synovial joint in which the oval shaped surface of bone #1 fits into oval shaped depression of bone #2
Condyloid
Functional unit of a muscle fiber
Sarcomere
The plamsa membrane of a muscle cell
Sarcolemma
Invaginations found on muscle cell membranes that carry electrical impulses deep into the cell
T-tubules
This structure stores and releases Calcium ions within a muscle cell, which lead to muscle contraction.
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
A bundle of muscle fibers is called a
Fascicle
Thin myofilaments are anchored to the
Z-discs/lines
Connective tissue that surrounds the muscle belly
Epimysium
Connective tissue that surrounds the muscle fascicles
Perimysium
Connective tissue that surrounds the muscle fiber
Endomysium
Surrounds myofibrils
Sarcoplasm