Week 4 Video 2 - Skeletal muscle structure Flashcards
Muscles consist of a …. which is composed of skeletal muscle tissue and also blood vessels and nerves
Belly
At each end of a belly is a…
Tendon
Tendons are what?
Fibrous connective tissue attaching muscle to bone
What muscles form the quadriceps?
Rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis and vastus intermedius
Fascia is?
A dense irregular connective tissue that surrounds muscle groups
Epimysium..
Wraps the entire muscle
Fasciculi…
Bundles of muscle fibres
Perimysium…
Covers each fasciculi
Endomysium…
Surrounds each muscle fibre within each fasciculi
The third layer of connective tissue that runs the length of the muscle and forms the tendon is?
The endomysium
Skeletal muscle main function?
To contract
For a muscle fibre to contract it must first be…
Stimulated by an impulse from a nerve
What require large amounts of energy?
Contraction
Muscles need … and … delivered via capillaries for metabolism
Oxygen and nutrients
For each nerve that penetrates a skeletal muscle there is…
1 artery and 1-2 veins