Unit V Flashcards
Functions of Muscle Tissue
- Movement
- Maintenance of Posture
- Respiration
- Heat generation
- Communication
- Constriction of organs and blood vessels
- Pumping blood
Properties or Characteristics of Muscle
Contractility
Excitability
Extensibility
Elasticity
___ is the ability of muscle cells to forcefully shorten
Contractility
the muscle that contracts (biceps)
agonist
the muscle that relaxes during contraction (triceps)
antagonist
___ is the ability of a muscle fiber to respond rapidly to a stimulating agent
Excitability (responsiveness)
___ is the ability of a muscle to be stretched
Extensibility
___ is the ability to recoil or bounce back to the muscle’s original length after being stretched
Elasticity
Three types of muscle tissues in the body
- Skeletal Muscles
- Cardiac Muscles
- Smooth Muscles
___ muscles have the ability to contract and cause movement
Skeletal Muscles
3 characteristics of skeletal muscle
- striated, tubular, multinucleated
- attached to the skeleton
- voluntary
___ muscles act not only to produce movement but also to stop movement, like resisting gravity to maintain posture
Skeletal muscles
___ muscles are located throughout the body at the openings of internal tracts to control the movement of various substances
Skeletal muscles
The structure of muscles
Muscle
Fascicles
Muscle Fiber Cells
Myofibrils
Thick and thin filaments
___ is a fibrous connective tissue which attaches muscle to bone
and serves to move the structure
Tendon
___ is connective tissue to provide support, shape, and suspension for most of the soft tissues of the body.
Fascia
___ are made of layers of delicate, thin sheaths, these also act as fascia
aponeuroses
___ is the fibrous tissue surrounding the skeletal muscle, allows a muscle to contract or move powerfully while maintaining its structural integrity
Epimysium
___ is a sheath of connective tissue that groups muscle fibers into bundles (between 10 & 100 or more) or fascicles which plays in transmitting lateral contractile movements
Perimysium
___ (meaning within the musles) is the key element that separates single muscle fibers from one another
Endomysium
___ allows autonomous gliding in contraction and is highly deformable tissue that adapts changes during the muscle contraction
Endomysium
___ are a group of muscle fibers “bundled” as a unit within the whole muscle
Fascicle
Fascia are covered by a layer of connective tissue called ___
perimysium
___ determine what type of movement a muscle can make and they work in tandem
Fascicle arrangements
this muscle FLEXES the forearm
Biceps brachii
this muscle EXTENDS the forearm
triceps brachii
these muscles FLEX the leg
hamstrings
these muscles EXTEND the leg
quadriceps femoris
these muscles FLEX the fingers
Flexor digitorum superficialis and flexor digitorum profundus and the hand at the wrist
these muscles EXTEND the fingers and the hand at the wrist
extensor digitorum
Every muscle fiber is supplied by the ___, which signals the fiber to contract
axon branch of a somatic motor neuron
Skeletal muscle fibers are made when ___ fuse together
myoblasts (muscle cells)
muscle fiber is surrounded by a plasma membrane called the ___, which contains sarcoplasm, the cytoplasm of muscle cells
sarcolemma
___ is the cytoplasm of muscle cells
sarcoplasm
It acts as a barrier between the extracellular and intracellular compartments, defining the individual muscle fiber from its surroundings
sarcolemma
___ is a series of closed saclike membranes, that forms a cufflike structure surrounding a myofibril
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
It serves as the storage of intracellular calcium needed for the initiation of muscle contraction
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
___ are made up of thick (myosin) and thin (actin) myofilaments, which help give the muscle its striped appearance
Myofibrils
THICK myofilaments
myosin
THIN myofilaments
actin
___ are very long chains of sarcomeres, that are the contractile units of the cell
Myofibrils
Myofibrils are very long chains of ___, that are the contractile units of the cell
sarcomeres
Along with actin and myosin. There are two other muscle proteins:
tropomyosin and troponin
Skeletal Muscle Contraction
Stimulus ->
acetylcholine is released ->
Protein receptors detect it ->
Muscle impulse spreads ->
calcium is released to the sarcoplasm ->
myosin sites on the actin filaments are exposed ->
sarcomeres shorten and contract ->
acetylcholinase (enzyme) decomposes the acetylcholine ->
linkages between myosin and actin are broken ->
Relaxation occurs
a neurotransmitter involved in muscle contraction
acetylcholine
an enzyme that decomposes the acetylcholine
acetylcholinase
___ is the critical source for muscle contractions because it breaks the myosin-actin cross-bridge, freeing the myosin for the next contraction
AdenosineTriphosphate (ATP)
Energy sources for muscle contraction
A. AdenosineTriphosphate (ATP)
B. Creatine phosphate (Phosphocreatine)
C. Creatinine phosphokinase
___ serves as high-energy reservoir in striated muscle, brain, retina, inner ear, spermatozoa, and, to a lesser degree, smooth muscle, which are tissues that can consume ATP rapidly
Creatine phosphate (Phosphocreatine)
In the process of regeneration of ATP, creatine phosphate transfers a high-energy phosphate to ___
adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
___ promotes the synthesis of creatinine phosphate
Creatinine phosphokinase