Muscular System Flashcards
Continuous with tendon which is attached to bone
Epimysium
Origin
Proximal attachment
Insertion
Distal attachment
Bundles of muscle fibers
Fasiculi
Connective tissue around fasiculi
Perimysium
Connective tissue around each fiber. Continuous with sarcolemma
Endomysium
Junction between motor neuron and muscle fibers it innervates
NMJ
Each cell has this many NMJ, but
One, single motor neuron can innervate many fibers
Motor neuron and fibers it innervates
Motor unit
Contains contractile components, glycogen, fat, enzymes, mitochondria, SR
Sarcoplasm
Contain contractile Apparatus
Myofibrils
Thick, has cross bridges
Myosin
Thin, two strands in double helix
Actin
Smallest contractile unit of skmm
Sarcomere
CENTER of sarcomere. Myosin anchor
m bridge
ENDS of sarcomere. Actin anchor
z line
DARK. alignment of myosin
a band
LIGHT. Only actin. Z line in middle
I band
CENTER. M bridge in middle, only myosin
H zone
These decrease during contraction…
H zone and I band
Intricate system of tubules parallel to each myofibril
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
SR terminates as…
Vesicles near z lines
Calcium stored in…
Vesicles of SR
In SR, this controls contraction…
Regulation of calcium
Run perpendicular to SR and terminate near z lines between two vesicles
T tubules
T tubules are continuous with…
Sarcolemma at surface