muscular system and muscles Flashcards
types of muscle
skeletal, cardiac, smooth
striated muscle
skeletal and cardiac
unstriated
smoth
somatic nervous system control
skeletal muscle
autonomic nervous system control
caridac and smooth muscle
muscle functions
produce movement, maintain posture + body poistion, stabilise joints, generate heat
muscle properties
electrical excitability, contractility, extensibility, elasticity
wrapping of fibre (individual muscle cell)
endomysium
wrapping of fascicle (bundle of individual muscle cells)
perimysium
wrapping of whole muscle
epimysium
muscle fibre
individual muscle cell
fascicle
bundle of individual muscle cells
whole muscle composition
individual muscle cells, blood vessels, nerves
patterns of fascicle arrangement
circular, convergent, parallel, pennate
types of parallel muscle
straplike and spindle shaed/fusiform
types of pennate muscle
unipennate, bipennate, multipennate
connective tissues associated with muscle
ligaments, tendon, aponeurosis, raphe
ligaments
-fibrous connections between bones
-composed of collagen fibres
-usually blend with periosteum of bones at joint
tendon
fibrous tissue, linking muscle belly tro attachment site at bone
aponeurosis
-broad, flat connective tissue
-links muscle belly to site of attachment
-spread over greater area than tendon
raphe
line of fibrous tissue, one muscle joins another (usually long)
types of muscle contraction
isometric, concentric, eccentric
prime mover
main muscle that produces specific movement (concenric contraction)
synergist
compliment actions of prime mover