Muscles, Nervous Tissue, Brain Flashcards
Muscles convert what
Chemical energy into physical energy
Skeletal muscle
Attached to bones and seen on exterior
Smooth muscle
Essential for propelling material through internal tubes
Cardiac muscle
Walls of heart, pump blood
All muscles are
Excitable, contractile, elastic, extensible
Skeletal muscle cells are referred to what
Muscle fibers because of their length
Tendon
End of a muscle where connective tissue layers merge to form the tendon which attaches to a bone
Origin vs insertion
Origin is more stationary and less moveable
Insertion is more flexible
Motor neurons
Efferent because they travel away from brain
Sensory neurons
Afferent and move towards brain
Atrophy
Muscle wastes away
Bone density will also decrease
Hypertrophy
Muscle fiber increases in size in response to exercise
This is Cameron’s goal
Circular muscle
Orbicularis oris
Parallel muscles
Have bundles of muscle fibers (fasicules) that run parallel to axis
Ex: Rectus abdominis and biceps brachii
Convergent muscles
Widespread muscle fibers that converge on common attachment site
Ex: pectoralis major
Pennate muscles
Looks like a large feather
Unipennate
Fibers on same side of the tendon
Ex: extensor digitorum
Bipennate
Fibers on both sides of tendon
Ex: rectus femoris
Multipennate
Tendon branches within the muscle
Ex: deltoid
Agonist
Muscle that contracts to produce a desired movement
Antagonist
Muscle that opposes the prime move (agonist) and produces the opposite movement
Synergistic
Muscles that perform the same action
Ex: quadriceps femoris muscles are syngergistic for extending the leg at the knee joint
Aponeurosis
Sometimes the tendon forms a thin, flattened sheet
Skeletal muscles named how?
Shape, location, attachment, position, orientation of fibers, or function
Aging causes what
Muscle atrophy, decreased cardiovascular performance, easy fatigue, loss of muscle muscle elasticity, and poor muscle healing after an injury
Restful breathing
External intercostals; ribs move up and out during inhalation
Forced exhalation
Internal intercostals
Draw the ribs together and depress the thorax
Restful exhalation
Elastic recoil of lung tissue
Internal intercostals are not used
What separates the Rectus abdominis
Tendinous intersections (inscriptions)
Rotator cuff muscles
Supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis
Glenohumeral joint
IT band
Gluteus maximus and tensor fascia latae
IT band syndrome
Where is passed over the lateral femoral condyle, it can cause friction and pain in runners
3 muscles insert at Pes Ansurine
Sartorius, gracillis, and semitendinosus
Common site for bursitis, tendinitis
Compartment syndrome
When pressure builds up inside fascial sheath of skeletal muscle because of bleeding or inflammation
Pressure compresses blood vessel and entire muscle will die due to lack of oxygen
Treatment for compartment syndrome
Decompression fasciotomy
Cut open the leg
Delayed skin closure and grafting may be required
RICE
Rest, ice, compression, and elevation
Retinaculum
Band of thickened deep fascia around tendons that holds them in place
Ex: flexor retinaculum prevents bowstringing outwards (in wrist)
Nervous system
PNS and CNS
CNS
brain and spinal cord
PNS
Cranial nerves and spinal nerves
Also ganglia
Pathway
PNS receptors process and evaluate sensory input so CNS can determine appropriate response and respond by sending impulses to effectors (muscles and glands)
Sensory nervous system
Somatic sensory: input that is consciously received (eyes, ears, skin)
Visceral sensory: input not consciously received (heart, blood vessels)
Motor nervous system
Somatic motor: motor output voluntarily controlled; effector is skeletal muscle
Autonomic motor: motor output involuntarily controlled; effector is smooth muscle and cardiac muscle also glands
Autonomic motor
Sympathetic division: speeds up body activities (fight or flight)
Parasympathetic division: slows down body activities
Two cell types in CNA
Neurons: excitable
Glial cells: supportive
Neuroplasticity
Ability of nervous system to remodel itself in response to factors