T1 U7 Skeletal Muscle And Tissue Flashcards
What is skeletal muscles essential function?
Contraction
Name the 3 muscle types
Smooth
Cardiac
Skeletal
Which 2 muscle types are elongated
Smooth and skeletal
What kind of muscle is skeletal muscle
Striated or voluntary
What activates skeletal muscle
Reflexes
Why do skeletal muscles need to rest often
Contract quickly with great force
Which kind of tissue bundles skeletal muscle together
Connective tissue
Where are the skeletal muscle fibres enclosed
In endomysium
Which kind of nerve of the PNS wraps sheathed fibres
Perymisium
The Perymisium forms a fascicle which is bound by…
Epimysium
Epymisia blend into….
Tendon or aponeurosos
What is aponeurosos
Sheet of white fibrous tissue which takes place of tendon in sheet like muscles
What is a tendon
Tough collagenic fibres that cross over bony projections and joints
Where is smooth muscle found
Visceral organs
What are the 2 layers of smooth muscle
Longitudinal
Circular