Muscular system Part 1 Flashcards
responsible for all types of body movement
Muscles
Three basic muscle types are found in the body
Skeletal muscle
Cardiac muscle
Smooth muscle
muscle cell =
muscle fiber
Contraction of muscles is due to the
movement of microfilaments
Prefix myo refers to
muscle
Prefix mys refers to
muscle
Prefix sarco refers to
flesh
Most skeletal muscles are attached by ________ to bones
tendons
The Skeletal Muscle cells are
multinucleate
They have visible banding
Striated
Subject to conscious control
Voluntary
The skeletal Muscle Cells are surrounded and bundled by
connective tissue
A Connective Tissue Wrappings of Skeletal Muscle around single muscle fiber
Endomysium
A Connective Tissue Wrappings of Skeletal Muscle around a fascicle (bundle) of fibers
Perimysium
A Connective Tissue Wrappings of Skeletal Muscle that covers the entire skeletal muscle
Epimysium
A Connective Tissue Wrappings of Skeletal Muscle on the outside of the epimysium
Fascia
Sites of muscle attachment
Bones
Cartilages
Connective tissue coverings
____________ blends into a connective tissue attachment
Epimysium
A cord-like structure of connective tissue attachment
Tendon
A sheet-like structure of connective tissue attachment
Aponeuroses
no conscious control
Involuntary
-Has no striations
-Spindle-shaped cells
-Single nucleus
-Involuntary
-Found mainly in the walls of hollow organs
Smooth Muscles
-Has striations
-Usually has a single nucleus
-Joined to another muscle cell at an intercalated disc
-Involuntary
-Found only in the heart
Cardiac Muscle
They Produce movement, Maintain posture, Stabilize joints, & Generate heat
Muscles
The muscle cells are
multinucleate
Nuclei are just beneath the __________
sarcolemma
They are specialized plasma membrane
Sarcolemma
They are specialized smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
They are Bundles of myofilaments that are aligned to give distrinct bands
Myofibril
light band
I band
dark band
A band
Contractile unit of a muscle fiber
Sarcomere
Organization of the sarcomere
myosin (thick) filaments & actin (thin) filaments
Thick filaments
myosin filaments
These filaments are Composed of the protein myosin and has ATPase enzymes
myosin filaments
These filaments are composed of the protein actin
actin filaments
These filaments have heads (extensions, or cross bridges)
Myosin filaments