Unit 2 Chapter 10+11 (Muscle Tissue + System) Flashcards
Where is cardiac muscle tissue located
in the heart
Where is skeletal muscle tissue located
attached to all bones via tendons
Where is smooth muscle tissue located
walls of hollow visceral organs (liver, pancreas, intestines)
Is cardiac muscle tissue under voluntary or involuntary control
involuntary control
Is skeletal muscle tissue under voluntary or involuntary control
voluntary control
Is smooth muscle tissue under voluntary or involuntary control
involuntary control
What are the functions of muscle tissue
-Change chemical energy into mechanical energy to produce movement
-Stabilizes Joints
-Posture
-Generate heat
What are the characteristics of muscle tissue
-Electrical excitability
-Contractility
-Extensibility
-Elasticity
-Amitotic
What is muscle tension
The force generated by the contraction of the muscle
What are the 4 different names individual muscle cells can be referred to as
-Muscle fibers
-Myofibers
-Myocytes
-Muscle cells
What is muscular dystrophy
Progressive weakening of the skeletal muscles
What is muscular hypertrophy
Exercising that makes your muscle’s individual cells increase in only size
What is muscular atrophy
The decrease in size and wasting of muscle tissue
What is aponeurosis
A broad, tendon-like sheet of connective tissue that attaches a skeletal muscle to another skeletal muscle or to a bone
How are muscle fibers and connective tissue arranged in skeletal muscle
Muscle fibers are bundled together and wrapped in a connective tissue covering. Each muscle is surrounded by a connective tissue sheath called the epimysium. Fascia, connective tissue outside the epimysium, surrounds and separates the muscles.
How do connective tissue components assist skeletal muscle function
They furnish support and protection for the delicate cells and allow them to withstand the forces of contraction. The coverings also provide pathways for the passage of blood vessels and nerves.
What is muscle origin
A muscle’s proximal attachment; the end of the muscle closest to the torso
What is muscle insertion
A muscle’s distal attachment; the end of the muscle furthest away from the torso
What is the function of the sarcolemma
Plasma membrane of muscle fibers (actively transports substrates into the muscle cell, serves as a docking location for proteins originating in the basement membrane and cytoskeleton, and also transmits neural excitatory impulses that lead to muscle contraction)
What is the function of the T tubule
Maintain the SR calcium store under the tight control of membrane depolarization
What is the function of myofibril
To produce muscle contraction and relaxation.
What is the function of the sarcoplasmic reticulum
stores, releases, and retrieves Ca++