Unit 3 Flashcards
What are the functions of the Muscular System?
- move the body
- maintain posture
- protect and support
- secrete cell signals
- regulate elimination of materials
- produce heat
How does the muscular system move the body?
- move bones
- make facial expressions
- speak
- breathe
- swallow
How does the muscular system maintain posture?
- stabilizes joints to maintain posture
How does the muscular system provide protection and support?
- package internal organs and hold them in place
- ex. diaphragm is separated from abdominal cavities
How does the muscular system secrete cell signals?
- myokines have autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine functions
How does the muscular system regulate the elimination of materials?
- circular sphincters control the passage of materials at orifices and sphincters
How does the muscular system produce heat?
- muscle contractions produce heat and regulate body temp
What do myokines in the bone do?
-leads to osteogenesis
What do myokines in the brain and nerves do?
- leads to cognitive function
What do myokines in adipose tissue do?
- leads to lipolysis browning
What do myokines in the liver and pancreas do?
- leads to glycogen and fat metabolism, insulin secretion
What do myokines in the intestines do?
- leads to anti-tumorigenesis, gut hormone secretion
What do myokines in the skeletal muscle do?
-leads to glucose, fat, protein metabolism, muscle development and proliferation
What is excitability?
- ability to respond to a stimulus by changing electrical membrane potential (sarcolemma potential)
- ach released from major neurons, some contain AP
What is conductivity?
- involves sending an electrical change down the length of the cell membrane
- carrying of an AP which requires v-gated NaK channels
What is contractility?
- exhibited when filaments slide past each other enabling muscles to cause movements
What is concentric contractility?
shorter muscles with more overlap in between
What is extensibiity?
- ability to be stretched
What is elasticity?
- ability to return to the original length after a lengthening or shortening
How are muscle fibers developed?
- multiple myoblasts fuse to form each multi-nucleated skeletal muscle fiber
- myoblasts to satellite cells with 2 mini muscle fibers to a satellite cell with one muscle fiber
Why do some muscle fibers have satellite cells ?
- for support and repair of muscle fibers
What is the muscle heirarchy?
- muscle (organ) to muscle (tissue) to muscle fiber (cell)
What tissue is a muscle made out of?
-Nervous Tissue
- Blood vessels
- Connective tissue
What is the epimysium?
- dense CT layer that surrounds the outer surface of the whole muscle