Muscoskeletal System Flashcards
Planar joints
Articulating surface are flat
Bones glide back and forth or side to side
Hinge joints
Convex surface of 1 bone fits into concave surface of another
Angular motion occurs
Pivot joints
Pointed surface of 1 bone fits into the ring surface of another bone
Rotational movement
Condyloid joints
1 oval projection fits into 1 oval cavity of a bone
Angular motion on an axis
Saddle joint
1 bone fits into the other saddle shaped bone
Ball+ socket
Bone surface on 1 bone fits into cupped like depression
Knee joints
Contains articulate capsule
Skeletal muscle tissues
Striated and voluntary attached to the bone
Cardiac tissues
Forms most of the heart wall and is involuntary and striated
Role of intercalated discs
Allow muscle potentials to quickly spread
Smooth muscle tissues
Intermediate filaments and are involuntary and non striated
Functions of smooth muscles
Produce body movements
Regulate organ volume
Movement of substance around the body
Stabilises body position
First stage of of contraction
Muscle action potential is delivered by motor neuron
Neuromuscular junction
Reaches the synapse between the motor neuron and muscle diver
Excitation of motor neuron
Releases Acetycholine from synaptic vesicles that diffuse across synapse and binds to ACh receptors