WEEK 8 (Muscular system & Muscles of the head) Flashcards
What are the functions of muscles?
To contract or shorten which makes it responsible for all body movements
What are the three types of muscle tissue?
- SKELETAL (striated, voluntary)
- CARDIAC (striated, involuntary)
- SMOOTH (involuntary)
What are the characteristics of Skeletal muscle fibers?
- packaged into organs called SKELETAL MUSCLES that attach to skeleton
- large, cigar shaped, multinucleate cells
- LARGEST muscle fibers
- also known as STRIATED MUSCLE and as VOLUNTARY MUSCLE
Describe the structure of skeletal muscle
- Joined muscle cells from muscle fibers surrounded by ENDOMYSIUM
- Bundles of muscle fibers form FASCICLES surrounded by PERIMYSIUM
- Multiple FASCICLES form a muscle surrounded by EPIMYSIUM
- Muscles and the EPIMYSIUM are covered by FASCIA
-Muscles attach to bones via TENDONS
What is the Endomysium?
a connective tissue sheath enclosing each muscle fiber
What is the Perimysium?
a fibrous membrane wrapping several sheathed muscle fibers, which forms a bundle of fibers called FASCICLE
What is the Epimysium?
a tougher “overcoat” of connective tissue which bounds many fascicles
What is the tendon/aponeurosis?
the ends of the epimysium that extends beyond the muscle blend either into a strong cordlike tendon or sheetlike aponeurosis
Where is Cardiac muscle found?
Only in the heart where it forms the bulk of the heart walls
What is the function of the heart?
The heart serves as a pump, propelling blood through blood vessels to all body tissues
How is cardiac muscle similar to that of smooth muscle?
- uninucleate
- under involuntary control
Where is smooth muscle found?
It is found mainly in the walls of hollow (tubelike) organs such as the stomach, urinary bladder and respiratory passages
What are the properties of Smooth muscle?
- uninucleate
- arranged in layers
- two types of layers: one running CIRCULARLY and the other LONGITUDINALLY
- layers change the SIZE and SHAPE of the organ as they contract and relax
What are the functions of Skeletal muscle?
- produce movement
- maintain posture and body position
- stabilise joints
- generate heat
Describe the movement of skeletal muscles in the body
- muscles can only pull as they contract so body movements result from two or more muscles acting TOGETHER or AGAINST each other
- arranged so that whatever one muscle can do, other muscles can reverse
- groups of muscles that produce opposite movement lie on OPPOSITE SIDES of a joint
Define Prime mover
Prime mover is the muscle that has the major responsibility for causing a particular movement
Define Antagonists
Antagonists are the muscles that oppose or reverse a movement
When a prime mover is active, its antagonist is stretched and relaxed
Define Synergists
Synergists help prime movers by producing the same movement or by reducing undesirable movements
(when a muscle crosses two or more joints, its contraction will cause movement in all the joints crossed unless synergist are there to stabilise them)
Define Fixators
Fixators are specialised synergist; they hold a bone still or stabilise the origin of a prime mover
A muscle that crosses on the anterior side of a joint produces ______________
flexion
A muscle that crosses on the posterior side of a joint produces ______________
extension
A muscle that crosses on the lateral side of a joint produces ________________
abduction
A muscle that crosses on the medial side of a joint produces __________________
adduction
What is used in naming skeletal muscles?
- Direction of the muscle fibers
- Relative size of the muscle
- Location of the muscle
- Number of origins
- Location of the muscle’s origin and insertion
- Shape of the muscle
- Action of the muscle