Muscular system Flashcards
Responsible for the movement of the human body.
Muscle
There are about ___ named muscles attached to the
bones of the skeletal system that make up roughly half
of a person’s body weight
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It comes from the word “_____” means “muscle” and
“little mouse”
musculus
Capacity to respond to stimulus.
EXCITABILITY
Ability to shorten & generate pulling
force.
CONTRACTILITY
Stretched back to its original length.
EXTENSIBILITY
Recoil to original resting length after
stretched.
ELASTICITY
Attached to bones.
• Makes up 40% of body weight.
• Responsible for locomotion, facial expressions, posture,
respiratory movements, other types of body movements.
• Voluntary in action; controlled by somatic motor
neurons.
SKELETAL MUSCLES
In the walls of hollow organs, blood vessels, eye, glands,
uterus, skin.
• Some functions: propel urine, mix food in digestive tract,
dilating /constricting pupils, regulating blood flow.
• In some locations, auto rhythmic.
• Controlled Involuntarily by endocrine and autonomic
nervous system.
SMOOTH MUSCLE
Heart: major source of movement of blood, Autorhythmic
• Controlled involuntarily by endocrine and autonomic
nervous system.
CARDIAC MUSCLE
The type of muscle responsible for moving your arms and
legs is called
VOLUNTARY (SKELETAL) MUSCLES
Sometimes called striated muscle because of the
striped appearance
VOLUNTARY (SKELETAL) MUSCLES
Found in and around organs such as the intestines, and
around blood vessels.
INVOLUNTARY (SMOOTH) MUSCLES
It is essential in maintaining body systems. It helps us move
substances around the body, allowing us to keep cells
supplied with oxygen and nutrients.
INVOLUNTARY (SMOOTH) MUSCLES
A special type of muscle that forms the walls of the heart
chambers
CARDIAC MUSCLES
Type of involuntary muscle, as it contracts without
conscious thought or effort.
CARDIAC MUSCLES
attachment of muscle to the bone or structure
that does not move when the muscle contracts.
ORIGIN
the attachment of muscle to a bone or
structure does move when the muscle contracts.
INSERTION
muscle that has its origin and
insertion located in the same body regions.
INTRINSIC MUSCLE
its origin located in a body region
different from that of its insertion.
EXTRINSIC MUSCLE:
muscle that has an opposing action.
ANTAGONIST
muscle that performs the action, helped
by synergists.
PRIME MOVER
muscles that have the same action.
SYNERGISTS
stabilize origin.
FIXATORS
When the muscle shortens or lengthens while the tension on
the muscle remains constant.
ISOTONIC CONTRACTION
muscle shortening.
Concentric
muscle lengthening
Eccentric
When the muscle does not shorten during contraction while
tension is increasing.
ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION
Bends a part of the body anteriorly, such
as flexing the elbow.
Flexion
Bends a part of a body posteriorly, such
as straightening the elbow
Extension
Movement of a part of the body away
from the midline
Abduction
Movement of a part of the body toward
the midline.
Adduction
Movement that brings part of the body
forward
Protraction
Movement that brings part of the body
backward.
Retraction
Movement of the jaw laterally to the
either side.
Lateral
excursion
Movement of at the jaw back to the
midline
Medial
Excursion
Position of standing on the heels with
the toes pointing up off the floor.
Dorsiflexion
Position on standing on tiptoes with the
heels off the floor
Plantar
Flexion
The soles of the feet are together facing
each other
Inversion
The soles of the feet point away from
each other.
Eversion
the act of spinning on an axis.
Rotation
Conical movement of a body part, such
as a ball and socket joint or the eye;
making circles in the body
Circumduction
Rotation that turns the palms up
Supination
Rotation that turns the palm down
Pronation
The act of bringing the thumb to the
palm
Opposition
Taking the thumb away from the palm
Reposition
Closing the jaw or raising the shoulder
Elevation
Opening the jaw or lowering the
shoulder.
Depression
connective tissue that surrounds the
muscle fiber.
ENDOMYSIUM
connective tissue that surrounds the
fascicle
PERIMYSIUM
a connective tissue that surrounds the
entire muscle.
EPIMYSIUM
is a tough, fibrous tissue that does not allow for
expansion.
FASCIA
cell membrane of muscle
SARCOLEMMA
endoplasmic reticulum of
muscle. Stores calcium ions.
SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM
Tough, fibrous tissue that does not allow for expansion.
It surrounds muscles of an area, forming muscle
compartments and it separates muscle from the
hypodermis
FASCIA
Because
the fascia does not stretch enough to accommodate the
swelling, pressure builds within the compartment. The
increase pressure hampers blood flow and muscle
activity. This is called
compartment syndrome.
The cell membrane is called
sarcolemma.
The smooth endoplasmic reticulum of the cell is called
sarcoplasmic reticulum.
are composed of acseries of repeated
functional called sacromeres running end to end.
Myofibrils
form the ends of a sacromere, which is
composed of thick and thin filaments (myofilaments)
Z lines
Stimulation form the nerve moves
quickly along the length of the muscle
cells.
Conductivity
Ability of a muscle to shorten with
force, can only pull (cannot push).
Contractility
Capacity of muscle to respond to a
stimulus
Excitability
Stretched to its normal resting length
and beyond to a limited degree
Extensibility
Ability of muscle to recoil to original
resting length after stretched.
Elasticity
Is chemical synapse formed by the contact between a motor
neon and a muscle fiber. It is the site of signal exchange
NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION
Junction between the axonal end of one
neuron and the dendrite of another neuron or
membrane of another cell type
SYNAPSE
Separation that exists between the
axonal ending of the motor nerve and the sarcolemma
of the muscle cell fiber; The axon ending contains
vesicles of neurotransmitter
SYNAPTIC CLEFT
Designed to fit into the receptors
on the muscle cell on the basis of its unique shape, like
a key fitting into a lock.
NEUROTRANSMITTER
the neurotransmitter released
by motor neurons.
ACETYLCHOLINE (ACH)
minimum amount of Acetylcholine that is
necessary for the muscle to react.
THRESHOLD
lean muscle mass decreases with age, fat is
deposited in muscles, the muscle fibers shrink, muscle
tissue is replaced by fibrous tissue.
ATROPHY
20’s for men and 40’s for women.
MUSCLE CHANGES
more affected than slow-twitch
fibers, don’t use oxygen to make energy (lighter color)
FAST-TWITCH FIBERS
rich supply of oxygenated blood
to produce energy (red).
SLOW TWITCH FIBERS:
To limit the effects of aging on the muscular
system; increase cardiovascular function (brisk walking,
or jogging); increases the supply of oxygen and other
nutrients to the muscle tissue.
EXERCISE
Form of exercise that improves
muscular strength and endurance.
RESISTANCE TRAINING