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principles of muscular system Flashcards

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What are the 3 types of muscles?

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  • smooth muscle
  • cardiac muscle
  • skeletal muscle
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What are some of the roles of skeletal muscles?

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  • moving organs/structures
  • posture
  • voluntary movement
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What is the structure of skeletal muscles ?

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contractile filaments called myofilaments are arranged as myofibrils

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Describe the crosstructure of skeletal muscle

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  • elongated, multinucleated cells (form fibres)
  • peripheral nuclei
  • grouped into bundles called fascicles
  • surrounded by connective tissue
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What are the 3 types of connective tissue and what do they surround?

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  • ENDOMYSIUM: surrounds each fibre
  • PERIMYSIUM: surrounds each fascicle
  • EPIMYSIUM: surrounds each muscle
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What are the two types of myofilaments found within a sarcomere?

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  • actin (thin)
  • myosin (thick)
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What is a sarcomere?

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smallest functional unit of a skeletal muscle fibre

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What is the end result of a muscle contraction?

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  • shortening of sarcomere
  • shortening occurs between origin and insertion
  • causes the movement of a bone or joint
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What are the 4 parameters used to describe skeletal muscle?

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  • origin
  • insertion
  • action
  • innervation/nerve supply
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What are the 6 ways muscle fibres can be arranged?

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  • flat
  • pennate
  • fusiform
  • quadrate
  • circular
  • multi-headed/bellied
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What are satellite cells?

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  • myogenic cells located between the sarcolemma and basement membrane of muscle fibres
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What do satellite cells do?

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  • usually dormant in adult muscle
  • but act as a reserve population of cells which can proliferate in response to injury and give rise to regenerated muscle and to more satellite cells
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Which are some of the main skeletal muscles in the body?

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  • pectoralis major
  • pectoralis minor
  • biceps brachii
  • deltoid
  • serratus anterior
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Where are the origins of the pectoralis major?

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  • clavicle
  • sternum
  • costal cartilages
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Where is the insertion of the pectoralis major?

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humerus

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16
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What actions can the pectoralis major perform?

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  • flexion
  • adduction
  • internal rotation of the shoulder joint
17
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What nerves generate the nerve supply for the pectoralis major?

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  • lateral pectoral nerve
  • medial pectoral nerve
18
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Where are the origins of the pectoralis minor?

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ribs 3, 4 and 5

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Where is the insertion of the pectoralis minor?

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coracoid process of the scapula

20
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Which actions can the pectoralis minor perform?

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  • protraction of the scapula
  • elevation of ribs
21
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Which nerve supplies the pectoralis minor?

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medial pectoral nerve

22
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Where are the origins of the biceps brachii for the long head and short head?

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  • LONG HEAD: supraglenoid tubercle of the scapula
  • SHORT HEAD: coracoid process of the scapula
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Where is the insertion of the biceps brachii?

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radius

24
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Which actions can the biceps brachii perform?

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  • flexion of the shoulder joint
  • flexion of the elbow joint
  • supination of the radio-ulnar joints
25
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Which nerves supply the biceps brachii?

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musculocutaneous nerve

26
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Where are the origins of the deltoid?

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  • clavicle
  • acromion
  • spine of scapula
27
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Where is the insertion of the deltoid?

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deltoid tuberosity of the humerus

28
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Which nerve supplies the deltoid?

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axillary nerve

29
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Where are the origins of the serratus anterior?

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the upper 8/9 ribs

30
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Where is the insertion of the serratus anterior ?

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the scapula

31
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Which actions can the serratus anterior perform?

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  • protraction for the scapula
  • holds the scapula flat against the thoracic cage
32
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Which nerve supplies the serratus anterior

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long thoracic nerve

33
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Which action can the deltoid perform?

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abduction of shoulder joint

module 102: T1 Human Body (21 decks)

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