Muscoskeletal System Flashcards
What are muscles?
Muscles are soft tissues that produce motion
What are the three types of muscles?
skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles
What are the characteristics of slow twitch skeletal muscles?
aerobic, marathon (can keep contracting for a longer time), contains myoglobin (makes it red), contains a lot of oxygen and energy, less growth in volume is possible
How does the ATP production in type 1 involuntary muscles work?
oxygen storage in myoglobin for energy production in mitochondria (myoglobin makes muscles redder), glycogen storage in mitochondria for energy production
Endomysium
wraps each muscle fiber
Perimysium
surrounds a bundle of 150 fibers
Epimysium
surrounds the entire muscle
Myofibrils
long contractile fibers, run parallel to each other, made up of thick and thin myofilaments, thick filaments = composed strands of the protein myosin, thin filaments = strands of the protein actin
Tendons
- Connecting muscle to bone
- Around tendons are tendon sheaths
- Close to tendons are tendon bursae (sack filled synovial fluid which applies pressure)
- Cord of strong, flexible tissue, similar to a rope
- Let us move limbs
What is around tendons?
Tendon sheaths
What can be found close to tendons?
Tendon bursae
What is a tendon bursae?
A sack filled with synovial fluid which applies pressure
What is an inflammation of a tendon called and is it prevented?
An inflammation of a tendon is called tendintis, bursae and sheaths protect the tendon
spongy bones
interior layer of bones (cancellous or trabecular) make up spongy structure, lesser amount of calcium, lighter, dont break as easily
From what origin does a bone start growing?
Cartilage
What are bones made of?
60% salts, 15% collagen fibers, 25% water
Bone functions (5)
support, protection, shape, movement, storage
Osteoblasts
bone producing cells, secrete materials that make up the bone matrix, and as they secrete them some of them are eventually trapped and buried in the bone matrix
Osteocytes (previous osteoblasts)
osteoblasts that have been surrounded by the bone matrix, matrix synthesis (deposition of minerals), degradative cells that break down and reabsorb bone
Osteoclasts
bone destruction
Where does the bone grow into length?
Epiphysial plate
Dorsal
Near spine
Ventral
Near stomach
Cranial
Front, head
Caudal
Back
Lateral
towards the side of the body
Medial
towards center of the body
Distal
further from the reference point