Muscular Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
What is glenoid cavity?
A
A fossa located on the lateral angle of the scapula and articulates with the head of the humerous forming the glenohumeral joint.
2
Q
What is fascicle?
A
A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by perimysium (connective tissue)
3
Q
What does the connective tissue epimysium cover?
A
The entire muscle (protection from other muscles and bones)
4
Q
What are fascia?
A
Band of connective tissue primarily collagen beneath skin that attaches, stabilizes, encloses and separates muscles / internal organs
5
Q
What are aponeuroses?
A
Layers of flat broad tendons joining muscles and the parts they act upon (bone or muscle)
6
Q
What do ligaments, aponeuroses, tendons and fascia have in common?
A
They all have fibrous connective tissue of collagen fibers
