Muscular system lecture 5 Flashcards
Muscle function
Movement, maintain posture, protection and support, regulate elimination of waste, heat production
Muscle characteristics
Excitability, Conductivity, Contractility, Extensibility, Elasticity
Excitability
only muscle and nervous tissue responds to stimuli
Conductivity
able to send electrical signal along tissue
Contractility
muscle slide past each other and shortens
Extensibility
muscle can be stretched
Elasticity
contracted muscle return to original resting length
Fascicles
Internal structure organized into bundle of fibers
Perimysium
surrounds individual fasicle
Epimysium
surrounds entire muscle
Endomysium
surrounds individual fibers
Tendons
dense regular connective tissue, attach muscle to bone or skin
Aponeuroses
Dense irregular connective tissue, attach muscle to bone or skin
Sacroplasm
Cytoplasm of a muscle cell
Sarcolemma
t-tubles tunnels that carry signal deep into the cell
Multiple peripheral
nuclei
Sacroplasmic recticulum
regulates release of calcium
Myofibrils
bundle of proteins capable of contracting
Myosin
Actin
Myosin
thick filaments composed of protein(dark)
Actin
thin filaments composed of protein(light)
as well as troponin and tropomyosin