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Muscularskeletal system Flashcards

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What are the 5 bone types

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-sesamoid
-long
-short
-flat
-irregular

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Function of sesamoid bones

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Embedded in tendons
-protect tendons from stress and wear
e.g. patella

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Functions of flat bones

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-provide protection (shielding) to organs
-provide large areas for muscle attachment
e.g. scapula, sternum

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Function of irregular bones

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-protect internal organs
-allow for movement
e.g. vertebrae, pelvis

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Function of short bone

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-provide stability and movement in the wrists and ankles
e.g. carpals, tarsals

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Functions of the long bone

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-make red blood cells
-store fat and minerals
e.g. humorous, tibia, fibula, radius, phalanges

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How does locomotion in the skeleton occur?

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Bone tissue forms a system of levers to which voluntary muscles are attached

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Functions of the skeleton

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-provide internal organs protection
-store/release fats and minerals
-produce red blood cells
-facilitates movement
-support/scaffolding for the body

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How is support provided by a skeleton?

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Bone tissue forms a supportive frameworks which gives the body shape and rigidity

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How does bone relate to homeostasis?

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-helps to maintain a constant level of calcium in blood
-stores fats and minerals

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How is blood manufactured in the skeletal system?

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-in red bone marrow containing stem cells that differentiate into blood cells, later resulting in creation of RBC’s

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What is the appendicular skeleton?

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Bones making up the limbs
-allows for articulation of the limbs with axial skeleton

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What is the axial skeleton?

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Encompasses all bones making up the head and torso
-provides support for erect posture
-protects organs of nervous system and thorax

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What is the structure of a long bone?

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Epiphysis-enlarged ends of the bone covered w/thin articular cartilage layer and compact bone. Spongy bone on inside along with red bone marrow
Diaphysis-shaft making up main area of bone. Compact bone surrounding a cavity (usually filled with blood vessels) which is also known as the yellow bone marrow cavity
Periosteum-dense, fibrous outer covering of bone
articular cartilage

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what is ossification?

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Bone development

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Axial skeleton includes:

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Skull:
-cranium
-face
-hyoid
ossicles

Vertebral column
-cervical
-thoracic
-lumbar
-sacrum
-coccyx

Thorax
-sternum
-ribs

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Appendicular skeleton includes:

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Shoulder girdle:
-clavicle
-scapula

Pelvic girdle:
-coxal bones

Upper limbs:
-humerous
-ulna
-radius
-carpals + metacarpals
-phalanges

Lower limbs:
-femur
-fibula
-tibia
-patella
-tarsals + metatarsals
-phalanges

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Function of the compact bone

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Blood vessels are found in the bones passage ways which supply nutrients and oxygen.

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Functions of bone marrow

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-produces WBC’s (for fight infections)
-RBC’s for oxygen transport
-platelets for blood clotting

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Function of spongy bone

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Allows for greater transfer of blood and nutrients from the site of blood cell formation

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How many bones do adults have? What about infants?

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206
Axial= 80
Appendicular= 126

Infants
300

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Define the musculoskeletal system

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A system comprised of all the bones and muscles in the body

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What are the types of muscles

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Skeletal, smooth, cardiac

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What is the function of skeletal muscle? How does movement occur?

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-voluntary activity
-enable the body to walk, run and carry out a wide range of movement due to crossing the joints and contracting
-give body form
-aids in maintaining posture

movement at the joints occurs due to contractions of skeletal muscle

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What is the function of smooth muscle? how does movement occur?

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-involuntary muscle (not under conscious control)
-aid in movement of the internal organs such as the stomach and intestines

muscle contractions surrounding the alimentary canal cause it’s diameter to narrow in order to push contents along

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What is the function of cardiac muscle? How does movement occur?

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-involuntary muscle
-located in the heart

during contractions the space in the hearts chambers reduces and pushes it’s blood contents into the blood vessels

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What is extensibility?

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The ability to be stretched out.

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What is elasticity?

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The ability to return to the original length after being stretched or compressed.

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What are the types of tissue?

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Connective, epithelial, muscular, and nervous

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Function of the epithelial tissue?

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Made up of closely joined cells and are varying shapes. Covers
inner: heart, kidneys, intestines, liver, lungs
outer: stomach, heart, intestines
-depending on location, protects, secretes and absorbs

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Function of the connective tissue

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-provides support to the body
-holds together all of its parts
made up of separated cells divided by non-cellular matric
e.g. bone, cartilage, tendons, ligaments

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Function of nervous tissue

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-made up of neurons
-neurons carry messages to different parts of the body
e.g. brain, spinal cord, nerves

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Function of muscular tissue and types

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Smooth:
Walls of stomach and intestines, blood vessels, iris
-involuntary
-non-striated

Skeletal:
Muscle attached to the bone
-voluntary control
-stripes (striated)

Cardiac:
Most of heart (contracts to pump blood)
-non-voluntary

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What is a muscle cell/muscle fibre?

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Long cylindrical cells with many nuclei making up skeletal muscles
-1 muscle cell=1 elongated cylinder
-they need many nuclei to aid in muscle contraction, elasticity and extensibility
-have many mitochondria to produce energy in order for muscle to contract

-covered by transparent plasma membrane called sarcolemma which is filled with sarcoplasm (special cytoplasm)
-contains 100-1000 myofibrils (striated)
-held together to create muscle bundles

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What are myofibrils?

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A thread like structure found in the cytoplasm/sarcoplasm of muscle fibres
-made of myofilaments
-myofibrils can be divided into units called sarcomeres due to striations created by myofilaments

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What is the sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Surrounds the myofibrils and acts as a storage site for calcium ions released during muscle contractions

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What are myofilaments?

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Composed of protein and is a part of the composition of myofibrils. There are two types:
-thick myosin
-thin actin
-they allow skeletal muscle fibre to contract and relax

38
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What happens when muscle fibre is supplied with sufficient energy?

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The thick and thin myofilaments slide past each other in a manner that shorten the myofibril

39
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How do muscles work?

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they work with the properties excitability, contractibility, extensibility, elasticity
-be stimulated by a nerve impulse
-shorten in length
-be stretched
-return to their original length

40
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What is the sliding filament theory?

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A theory used to explain muscle contractions.
-when muscles contract, the sarcomeres shorten
-this occurs because the actin and myosin filaments slide over one another

41
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Describe how sliding filament theory occurs

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-begins with two sarcomeres of a myofibril in a muscle that is relaxed
-as muscle contracts actin (slides) and myosin (have heads) myofilaments slide past one another
-thus, Z lines move close together
-when myofibril reaches max contraction, Z lines are much closer together
-but actin and myosin filaments have not changed their length

  1. ATP binds to a myosin head, which is released from an actin filament
  2. Hydrolysis of ATP (into ADP and phosphate) cocks the myosin head
  3. The myosin head attaches to an actin binding site, in the presence of calcium, and released the ADP and phosphate
  4. The power stroke, occurring when myosin head returns to it’s original angle after release, slides the actin filament
  5. 350 myosin heads per myosin

The collective bending of myosin heads which combine to move actin filament relative to myosin results in muscle contraction

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What is a z line and A band

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Z line
-located at the ends of the sarcomere
- protein discs in the middle of actin filaments

A band
- the length of myosin filament

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What is a tendon?

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Fibrous, inelastic connective tissue attaching muscles to bones.

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How do skeletal muscles work?

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-muscles contract, pull bones together
-when one muscles pulls a bone in a direction, another muscle will have to contract and pull in a different direction
-muscles that move skeleton work in pairs (antagonists)

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Describe antagonist muscles

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Muscle that has an action opposite to that of the prime mover
e.g. Muscles of the upper arm (bicep contracts and triceps must the relax)
Hamstring and quads are also antagonistic pairs of muscles

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What is the origin

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The end of the muscle fixed to the stationary bone

47
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What is the belly

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The fleshy portion of the muscle between the tendons and the origin

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What is the insertion

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The attachment to the moveable bone of the other end of the muscle to the origin

49
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What is the agonist/prime mover

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Muscle causing the desired action
e.g. biceps, moves the forearm, contracting causing triceps to relax

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What is the synergist

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A muscle that acts indirectly in steadying a joint during a particular
-may produce same movement as prime mover
-may steady a joint during movement
e.g. wrist would bend when fist clenches without the muscles because the muscles in the finger run over the whole of the hand, the wrist is then immobilised

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What is a fixator?

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A muscle that contracts to immobilise a joint
e.g. the many muscles attaching the scapula to the axial skeleton, holding it firmly so that when arm muscles contract, only their insertion are moved

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What is muscle tone

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Partial muscle contraction of skeletal muscles
-caused by many different fibres taking turns to contract
-holds many of our body parts in position
e.g. head is held partial contraction of the neck muscles

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What are the functions of muscles

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Muscles have a secondary role in holding bone tightly together
-primarily the ligaments job
-stabilise joints
Small muscle hold vertebrae together
-stabilise the spinal column
Sphincters to control the passage of substances
Heat production by involuntarily increasing muscle contraction
-when shivering

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What is the function of sphincters

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Control movement of substances in and out of passages

55
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Describe light and dark bands in the sarcomere

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When the light band is larger, the muscle is more relaxed and as the dark band becomes larger the muscle is contracting

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What are the types of synovial joints

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Ball and socket: rotations in any direction e.g. hip and shoulder
Condyloid: up and down, side to side e.g. phalanges and metacarpals
Hinge: movement in one plane only e.g. elbow and knee
Pivot: rotation e.g. radius and ulna
Saddle: side to side, back and forth e.g. thumb and palm
Gliding: any direction e.g. carpal

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The types of joints

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Fibrous (fixed)
fused and fixed bones e.g. skull
Cartilaginous (slightly moving)
adjacent bones held by cartilage e.g.
Synovial (freely moving)
spaces between bones filled with synovial fluid e.g. elbow

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