Wk 3: myology Flashcards
Muscle characteristics
Excitability
Contractibility
Elasticity
Extensibility
Excitability (muscle characteristics)
tissue responds to a stimulus
Contractility (muscle characteristics)
tissue can shorten & generate force
Extensibility (muscle characteristics)
tissue can be stretched
Elasticity (muscle characteristics)
tissue can return to original length
Muscle types
- Smooth: non-striated and involuntary
- Cardiac: striated and involuntary
- Skeletal: striated and voluntary
Gross anatomy of skeletal muscle
- Belly: the bulk of the muscle
- Attachments: to the skeleton
- Muscles CROSS joints
Types of attatchments
- Proximal attachment (origin usually): least mobile bone
- Distal attachment (insertion usually): most mobile bone
Tendon Sheaths
- Surround tendons as they pass through tunnels or over other structures
- Reduce friction (contain synovial fluid)
- Common at distal ends of limbs
- Allow efficient ‘action’ long distances from muscle belly: prevent tendons pulling away from skeleton
Skeletal muscle attachments
Fleshy
Tendon
Raphe
Fleshy (muscle attatchment)
muscle fibres attach directly to bone with a small amount of connective tissue
Tendon (muscle attachment)
muscle fibres attach to a cord of connective tissue that attaches to bone
fibre-> connective tissue -> bone
Raphe (muscle attachment)
muscle fibres attach to a sheet of connective tissue that attaches to bone
fibres-> sheet of connective -> bone
Parallel skeletal muscle types
Strap
Fusiform
Triangular/convergent
Flat/quadrilateral
Strap
long and flat
Fusiform
classic type
Triangular/convergent
broad origin and narrow insertion
Flat/quadrilateral
fibres in same axes as tendon