PRACTICAL 2: MUSCLES Flashcards
is skeletal muscle straited
yes
is skeletal muscle voluntary or involuntary
voluntary
location of skeletal muscle
originates and inserts onto bone and sometimes skin/ other muscles
muscle cell is what?
muscle cell = muscle fiber
fascicles are enclosed in a connective tissue covering called what
the perimysium
muscle fibers are surrounded by a delicate layer of connective tissue called what?
the endomysium
connective tissue sheath surrounding an entire muscle is called the what?
the epimysium
EpiPenS
Epimysium, Perimysium, Endomysium, Sacrolemma
T/F: Muscle fibers are very long, cylindrical, multinucleated cells.
true
location of cardiac muscle
found in only ventricular and arterial walls of the heart.
is cardiac muscle involuntary or voluntary?
involuntary
whats different about cardiac muscles in regards to its strations
they branch
area where the individual cardiac muscle cells communicate with one another
intercalated disc
are cardiac muscles uninucleated, binucleated, or multinulceated
mainly uninucleated, sometmes binucleated
location of smooth muscle
located in walls of hollow visceral organs, skin, portions of respiratory tract, and in walls of veins and arteries
is smooth muscle involuntary or voluntary
involuntary
shape of smooth muscle
long and spindle shaped, with no strations
ligament
bone to bone
origin
part of joint that doesnt move